18 [a]My (A)sorrow is beyond healing,
My (B)heart is faint within me!

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  1. Jeremiah 8:18 As in LXX and ancient versions

18 You who are my Comforter[a] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(A) within me.

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  1. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

16 I heard, and my [a]inner parts (A)trembled;
At the sound, my lips quivered.
Decay enters my (B)bones,
And in my place I tremble;
Because I [b]must (C)wait quietly for the day of distress,
[c]For the (D)people to arise who will attack us.

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  1. Habakkuk 3:16 Lit belly
  2. Habakkuk 3:16 Or sigh for
  3. Habakkuk 3:16 Or To come upon the people who will

16 I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.(A)
Yet I will wait patiently(B) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.

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