Jeremiah 8:21 meaning and explanation

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

Jeremiah 8:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah speaks as God's prophet to Judah just before Babylon destroys Jerusalem. The phrase "the daughter of my people" is a Hebrew way of picturing the nation as a vulnerable daughter, and the coming invasion will crush her.

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