Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Jeremiah 8:18
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Jeremiah8:18
18. (Is 22:4). The lamentation of the prophet for the impending calamity of his country.
against sorrow--or, with respect to sorrow. Maurer translates, "Oh, my exhilaration as to sorrow!" that is, "Oh, that exhilaration ('comfort', from an Arabic root, to shine as the rising sun) would shine upon me as to my sorrow!"
in me--within me.
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