Jeremiah 8:18
My sorrow is beyond healing;
What it says
Jeremiah says his sorrow is beyond healing and his heart is faint within him.
What it is doing
This verse opens the lament with personal collapse.
In context
18My sorrow is beyond healing; 19Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people 20“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, 21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. 22Is there no balm in Gilead?