Verse 19

Jeremiah 4:19

Bible in Basic English

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19 My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.

Original Language Text

hebrew

מֵעַ֣/י מֵעַ֨/י אחולה אוֹחִ֜ילָה קִיר֥וֹת לִבִּ֛/י הֹֽמֶה לִּ֥/י לִבִּ֖/י לֹ֣א אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ כִּ֣י ק֤וֹל שׁוֹפָר֙ שמעתי שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ נַפְשִׁ֔/י תְּרוּעַ֖ת מִלְחָמָֽה

English Translation

From me, from me, I will be a wall; the walls of my heart are a loud noise; my heart will not be silent, for I have heard the voice of the shofar, my soul has heard the shout of battle.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 If you will come back, O Israel, says the Lord, you will come back to me: and if you will put away y... Focus ↗

2 And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the... Focus ↗

3 For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed... Focus ↗

4 Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come... Focus ↗

5 Say openly in Judah, give it out in Jerusalem, and say, Let the horn be sounded in the land: crying... Focus ↗

6 Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I wil... Focus ↗

7 A lion has gone up from his secret place in the woods, and one who makes waste the nations is on his... Focus ↗

8 For this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not tu... Focus ↗

9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king will be dead in him, a... Focus ↗

10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God (Elohim)! your words were not true when you said to this people and to Jer... Focus ↗

11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A burning wind from the open hilltops... Focus ↗

12 A full wind will come for me: and now I will give my decision against them. Focus ↗

13 See, he will come up like the clouds, and his war-carriages like the storm-wind: his horses are quic... Focus ↗

14 O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purp... Focus ↗

15 For a voice is sounding from Dan, giving out evil from the hills of Ephraim: Focus ↗

16 Make this come to the minds of the nations, make a statement openly against Jerusalem, that attacker... Focus ↗

17 Like keepers of a field they are against her on every side; because she has been fighting against me... Focus ↗

18 Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter,... Focus ↗

19 My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be qu...

20 News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight... Focus ↗

21 How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn? Focus ↗

22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sens... Focus ↗

23 Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no... Focus ↗

24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about. Focus ↗

25 Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight. Focus ↗

26 Looking, I saw that the fertile field was a waste, and all its towns were broken down before the Lor... Focus ↗

27 For this is what the Lord has said: All the land will become a waste; I will make destruction comple... Focus ↗

28 The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, a... Focus ↗

29 All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover... Focus ↗

30 And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make y... Focus ↗

31 A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth t... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 4 (31 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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