Jeremiah 4:19

I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 ways and thy devices have brought these things upon thee; this is thy wickedness, for it is bitter, for it has reached to thy heart.

20for all the land is distressed: suddenly my tabernacle is distressed, my curtains have been rent asunder.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:9And if ye shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall ye sound with the trumpets; and ye shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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

Psalms 16:2Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; 1 Let mine eyes behold righteousness. 1

Psalms 103:1A Psalm of David. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. 1 O Lord my God, thou art very great; 1 Thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honor: 1

Psalms 146:1Alleluia, a Psalm of Haggai and Zechariah. 1 Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; 1 Let praise be sweetly sung to our God. 1

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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