Jeremiah 4:19

¹⁷ They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

¹⁸ “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

²⁰ Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

²¹ How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
KJV: My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
WEB: My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
ASV: My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
DARBY: My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! [Oh,] the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace: for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war.
BLB: My bowels, my bowels, I writhe in pain, in the walls heart! My heart is roaring within me, I cannot keep silent, for my soul does hear the voice of the shofar, the shout of war.

ÅB: Mine innvoller, mine innvoller! Jeg pines! Å mitt hjertes vegger! Mitt hjerte bruser i meg, jeg kan ikke tie! For basunlyd, krigsskrik har du hørt, min sjel!
OTB: Å, min smerte, min smerte! Jeg vrir meg i smerte. Å, mitt hjertes kval! Mitt hjerte banker i meg, jeg kan ikke tie. For jeg har hørt lyden av trompeten; krigsalarmen.
B1930: Mine innvoller, mine innvoller! Jeg pines! Å mitt hjertes vegger! Mitt hjerte bruser i mig, jeg kan ikke tie! For basunlyd, krigsskrik har du hørt, min sjel!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
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Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
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Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
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Jeremiah 9:1
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
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Jeremiah 9:10
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
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Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
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Daniel 8:27
I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
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Psalms 116:7
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
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