KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 4:19
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can’t hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
ASV 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.
YLT 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!
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 4
16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
19 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.
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, [and] my curtains in a moment.
21 How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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מֵעַ֣י׀H4578 · me.ehbellyמֵעַ֨י׀H4578 · me.ehbellyאוֹחִ֜ילָהH3176 · ya.chalto wait: waitקִיר֥וֹתH7023 · qirwallלִבִּ֛יH3820 · levheartהֹֽמֶה־H1993 · ha.mahto roarלִּ֥יH9030 · nimeלִבִּ֖יH3820 · levheartלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotאַחֲרִ֑ישׁH2790 · cha.rashto plow/plotכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforק֤וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceשׁוֹפָר֙H7782 · sho.phartrumpetשָׁמַ֣עַתְּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearנַפְשִׁ֔יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulתְּרוּעַ֖תH8643 · te.ru.ahshoutמִלְחָמָֽה׃H4421 · mil.cha.mahbattle
Cross-references
Habakkuk 3:16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.Isaiah 22:4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.Isaiah 16:11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.Jeremiah 9:10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through [them]; neither can [men] hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing [of it]; I was dismayed at the seeing [of it].Galatians 4:19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,Isaiah 15:5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.Daniel 8:27And I Daniel fainted, and was sick [certain] days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood [it].Daniel 7:15I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of [my] body, and the visions of my head troubled me.Psalm 116:7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.Romans 9:2-3That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.Lamentations 3:48-51Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.Psalm 103:1[A Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.Daniel 7:28Hitherto [is] the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.Amos 3:6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it]?Psalm 119:53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.
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