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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18 Your (A)ways and your deeds
Have [a]brought these things upon you.
This is your evil. How (B)bitter!
How it has touched your heart!”

Grief over Judah’s Devastation

19 (C)My [b]soul, my [c]soul! I am in anguish! [d]Oh, my heart!
My (D)heart is pounding in me;
I cannot keep silent,
Because, [e]my soul, you have heard
The (E)sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
20 (F)Disaster upon disaster is proclaimed,
For the (G)whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my (H)tents are devastated,
And my curtains in an instant.
21 How long must I see the flag
And hear the sound of the trumpet?

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 4:18 Lit done
  2. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit inward parts
  3. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit inward parts
  4. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit The walls of my heart
  5. Jeremiah 4:19 Another reading is I have heard