Jeremiah 4:19 “My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My…”

Jeremiah 4:19

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

World English Bible

My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

American Standard Version

My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Geneva Bible 1599

My bely, my bely, I am pained, euen at the very heart: mine heart is troubled within me: I cannot be still: for my soule hath heard the sounde of the trumpet, and the alarme of the battell.

Darby Translation

My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! [Oh,] the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace: for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war.

Young's Literal Translation

My bowels, my bowels! I am pained [at] the walls of my heart, Make a noise for me doth My heart, I am not silent, For the voice of a trumpet I have heard, O my soul — a shout of battle!

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“My bowels”

Habakkuk 3:16 Isaiah 16:11 Isaiah 22:4 Jeremiah 9:1 Jeremiah 9:10 Isaiah 21:3

Habakkuk 3:16 · BSB

I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

Isaiah 16:11 · BSB

Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

Isaiah 22:4 · BSB

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Jeremiah 9:1 · BSB

Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 9:10 · BSB

I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the…

Isaiah 21:3 · BSB

Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

“O my”

Psalm 116:7 Genesis 49:6 Judges 5:21 Psalm 16:2 Psalm 103:1 Psalm 146:1

Psalm 116:7 · BSB

Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

Genesis 49:6 · BSB

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Judges 5:21 · BSB

The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

Psalm 16:2 · BSB

I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”

Psalm 103:1 · BSB

Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.

Psalm 146:1 · BSB

Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

“sound”

Jeremiah 4:5 Jeremiah 4:21 Amos 3:6 Zephaniah 1:15 Zephaniah 1:16

Jeremiah 4:5 · BSB

Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

Jeremiah 4:21 · BSB

How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

Amos 3:6 · BSB

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

Zephaniah 1:15 · BSB

That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Zephaniah 1:16 · BSB

a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

Also

Jeremiah 20:9 Numbers 10:9

Jeremiah 20:9 · BSB

If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

Numbers 10:9 · BSB

When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

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