18 9 3 8 4 2

¹⁸You who are my Comforter

<sup>my heart is faint
19Listen to the cry of my people



from a land far away:“Is the
Lord
not in Zion?



Is her King “Why have they aroused

with their worthless
20“The harvest is past,



the summer has ended,




and we are not saved.”</sup>

²¹Since my people are crushed,

<sup>I mourn,
22Is there no balm in Gilead?

Is there no physicianWhy then is there no healing

for the wound of my people?</sup>

9
¹Oh, that my head were a spring of water




and my eyes a fountain of tears!<sup>I would weep

for the slain of my people.</sup>

Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 8:18
   The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
2. Jeremiah 9:1
   In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.

⁴Hear this, you who trample the needy



and do away with the poor
^5saying,

“When will the New Moon

^{that we may sell grain,}


and the Sabbath be ended



that we may market^{skimping on the measure,}



boosting the price




and cheating
<sup>6buying the poor

and the needy for a pair of sandals,</sup>




selling even the sweepings with the wheat.