Jeremiah 4:18-21

International Children’s Bible

¹⁸ “The way you have lived and acted
    has brought this trouble to you.
This is your punishment.
    How terrible it is!
    The pain stabs your heart!”

¹⁹ Oh, how I hurt! How I hurt!
    I am bent over in pain.
Oh, the torture in my heart!
    My heart is pounding inside me.
    I cannot keep quiet.
This is because I have heard the sound of the trumpet.
    I have heard the words of war.
²⁰ Disaster follows disaster.
    The whole country has been destroyed.
My tents are destroyed in only a moment.
    My curtains are torn down quickly.
²¹ How long must I look at the war flag?
    How long must I listen to the war trumpets?