17 Like watchmen of a field they are (A)against her all around,
Because she has (B)rebelled against Me,’ declares the Lord.
18 Your (C)ways and your deeds
Have [a]brought these things upon you.
This is your evil. How (D)bitter!
How it has touched your heart!”

Grief over Judah’s Devastation

19 (E)My [b]soul, my [c]soul! I am in anguish! [d]Oh, my heart!
My (F)heart is pounding in me;
I cannot keep silent,
Because, [e]my soul, you have heard
The (G)sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.

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Footnotes

  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

17 They surround(A) her like men guarding a field,
    because she has rebelled(B) against me,’”
declares the Lord.
18 “Your own conduct and actions(C)
    have brought this on you.(D)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter(E) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(F)
    I writhe in pain.(G)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds(H) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.(I)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(J)
    I have heard the battle cry.(K)

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