Jeremiah 4:19 BSB — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 19, 20.) My belly, my belly is in pain: the feelings of my heart are troubled within me. I will not be silent because my soul has heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle. Destruction upon destruction is called out, and the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my curtains in an instant. When we stood by Symmachus, we were troubled, and in Hebrew it is written, Homa (); the Septuagint and Theodotion used the word μαιμάσσει, which I do not know the meaning of to this day.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

My bowels, my bowels,.... These are either the words of the people, unto whose heart the calamity reached, as in the preceding verse; or rather of the prophet, who either, from a sympathizing heart, expresses himself in this manner; or puts on an appearance of mourning and distress, in order to awaken his people to a sense of their condition. The repetition of the word is after the manner of persons in pain and uneasiness, as, "my head, my head", 2Ki 4:19, I am pained at my very heart; as a woman in labour.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The prophet suddenly assumes the language of the Jewish state personified, lamenting its affliction (Jer 10:19, 20; Isa 15:5; compare Lu 19:41). at my very heart--Hebrew, "at the walls of my heart"; the muscles round the heart. There is a climax, the "bowels," the pericardium, the "heart" itself. maketh . . . noise--moaneth [HENDERSON]. alarm--the battle shout.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵעַ֣י׀	me.'Ai	inward parts my	H4578 →
מֵעַ֨י׀	me.'Ai	inward parts my	H4578 →
אוֹחִ֜ילָה	'a.chu.lah	I am waiting	H3176 →
קִיר֥וֹת	ki.Rot	[the] walls of	H7023 →
לִבִּ֛י	li.Bi	heart my	H3820 →
הֹֽמֶה־	ho.meh-	[is] in turmoil	H1993 →
לִּ֥י	li	to <the> me
לִבִּ֖י	li.Bi	heart my	H3820 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ	'a.cha.Rish	I will keep silent	H2790 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
ק֤וֹל	Kol	[the] sound of	H6963 →
שׁוֹפָר֙	sho.Far	a trumpet	H7782 →
שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ	sha.ma'.ti	you have heard	H8085 →
נַפְשִׁ֔י	naf.Shi	O self my	H5315 →
תְּרוּעַ֖ת	te.ru.'At	[the] shout of	H8643 →
מִלְחָמָֽה׃	mil.cha.Mah	battle	H4421 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 9:1
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.
leads to
- Jeremiah 13:17
  But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 22:4
  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.”
- Lamentations 2:11
  My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of…
Through
Habakkuk 3:16
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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:9
  As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His…
- Habakkuk 1:5–11
  “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Habakkuk 3:2
  O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
- Daniel 10:8
  So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- Psalms 119:120

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Jeremiah