“When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.”
Jeremiah's grief: 'My Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.' This brief verse expresses Jeremiah's anguish: his grief is so deep that even his heart (seat of life and strength) is 'faint.' The phrase 'My Comforter in sorrow' may express longing for God as comforter. Theologically, this verse indicates that the prophet himself is overcome by the weight of the coming catastrophe.
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