Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWoe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.
Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
Woe to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this is my sickness, and I bear it.
Woe is me, for my wound! My stroke is hard to heal, and I had said, Yea, this is [my] grief, and I will bear it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile