18 Your ways and your deeds
    have brought this upon you.
This is your doom, and (A)it is bitter;
    it has reached your very heart.”

Anguish over Judah's Desolation

19 (B)My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
    Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
    I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
    the alarm of war.
20 (C)Crash follows hard on crash;
    the whole land is laid waste.
(D)Suddenly my tents are laid waste,
    my curtains in a moment.
21 How long must I see the standard
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?

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18 Your way 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. 4:19 Lit My inner parts, my inner parts
  2. 4:19 Lit the walls of