Jeremiah 4:18-21

New International Version

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!”

¹⁹Oh, 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)
²⁰Disaster follows disaster;^(J)
    the whole land lies in ruins.^(K)
In an instant my tents^(L) are destroyed,
    my shelter in a moment.
²¹How long must I see the battle standard^(M)
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?^(N)

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Jeremiah 4:18-21

New King James Version

¹⁸“Your^(A) ways and your doings
Have procured these things for you.
This is your wickedness,
Because it is bitter,
Because it reaches to your heart.”

Sorrow for the Doomed Nation

¹⁹O my ^(B)soul, my soul!
I am pained in my very heart!
My heart makes a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
²⁰^(C)Destruction upon destruction is cried,
For the whole land is plundered.
Suddenly ^(D)my tents are plundered,
And my curtains in a moment.
²¹How long will I see the ^[a]standard,
And hear the sound of the trumpet?