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Jeremiah 4:19

My bowels, my bowels! I writhe in pain! The chambers of my heart! My heart moaneth within me! I cannot hold my peace! because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the horn, the alarm of war.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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 trump, the alarm of war.

In Context

18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.

20Destruction followeth upon destruction, for the whole land is spoiled; suddenly are my tents spoiled, my curtains in a moment.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:9And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

2 Kings 4:19And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'

Psalms 16:2I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';

Psalms 103:1A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

Psalms 119:53Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked that forsake Thy law.

Psalms 146:1Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:6-19

Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste,… Read the whole commentary →

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