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18 Your (A)ways and your deeds
Have done these things to you.
This is your evil. How (B)bitter!
How it has touched your heart!”

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

19 (C)My [a]soul, my [b]soul! I am in anguish! [c]Oh, my heart!
My (D)heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent
Because [d]you have heard, O my soul,
The (E)sound of the trumpet,
The shout of war.
20 (F)Destruction upon destruction is called out,
For the (G)whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my (H)tents are devastated,
My curtains in an instant.
21 How long must I see the standard
And hear the sound of the trumpet?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit inward parts
  2. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit inward parts
  3. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit The walls of my heart
  4. Jeremiah 4:19 Or I, my soul, heard

18 “Your own conduct and actions(A)
    have brought this on you.(B)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter(C) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(D)
    I writhe in pain.(E)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds(F) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.(G)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(H)
    I have heard the battle cry.(I)
20 Disaster follows disaster;(J)
    the whole land lies in ruins.(K)
In an instant my tents(L) are destroyed,
    my shelter in a moment.
21 How long must I see the battle standard(M)
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?(N)

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