18 Your way of life and your actions
have brought this on you.(A)
This is your punishment. It is very bitter,
because it has reached your heart!

Jeremiah’s Lament

19 My anguish, my anguish![a] I writhe in agony!
Oh, the pain in[b] my heart!(B)
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.
20 Disaster after disaster(C) is reported
because the whole land is destroyed.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
my tent curtains, in a moment.
21 How long must I see the signal flag
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit My inner parts, my inner parts
  2. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit the walls of

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