Jeremiah 4:19

Jeremiah 4:19 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.

Context of Jeremiah 4:19

17Like watchmen of a field they are against her on all sides, Because she has rebelled against Me,’ says the Lord. 18Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things on you. This is your tragedy and doom; how bitter, How it has touched your heart!” My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart is pounding and throbbing within me; I cannot be silent, For you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war. 20News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are spoiled and destroyed, My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment. 21How long [O Lord] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight] And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]?

Jeremiah 4:19 word by word

מֵעַ֣י׀ מֵעַ֨י׀ אוֹחִ֜ילָה קִיר֥וֹת לִבִּ֛י הֹֽמֶה־לִּ֥י לִבִּ֖י לֹ֣א אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ כִּ֣י ק֤וֹל שׁוֹפָר֙ שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ נַפְשִׁ֔י תְּרוּעַ֖ת מִלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
• I am painedיָחַלyâchal · to wait: waitH3176
• I am painedחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: trembleH2342
• at my veryקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• maketh a noiseהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• in me; I cannot hold my peaceחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
• because thou hast heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• O my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• the soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of the trumpetשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
• the alarmתְּרוּעָהterû‛âh · shoutH8643
• of warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for Jeremiah 4:19

• Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen and obey, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And flow with tears, Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
• Jeremiah 14:17Therefore [Jeremiah] you will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them never cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a great blow, With a very serious and severely infected wound.
• Jeremiah 23:9Concerning the prophets: My heart [says Jeremiah] is broken within me, All my bones shake; I have become like a drunken man, A man whom wine has overcome, Because of the Lord And because of His holy words [declared against unfaithful leaders].
• Jeremiah 48:31Therefore I will wail over Moab, And I will cry out for all Moab. I will sigh and mourn over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth).
• Psalms 119:53Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who reject Your law.
• Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are [fleeing] as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; For on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their destruction.
• Isaiah 16:11Therefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab, And my inner being mourns for Kir-hareseth.
• Isaiah 21:3Therefore [continues Isaiah] my loins are filled with anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in childbirth; I am so bent and bewildered that I cannot hear, I am so terrified that I cannot see.
• Isaiah 22:4Therefore I say, “Look away from me; Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
• Lamentations 1:16I weep for these things; My eyes overflow with tears, Because a comforter, One who could restore my soul, is far away from me. My children are desolate and perishing, For the enemy has prevailed.”
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah], My spirit is deeply disturbed; My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief] Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem], When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.
• Lamentations 3:48My eyes overflow with streams of tears Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).
• Daniel 7:15“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed and anxious within me, and the visions [that appeared] in my mind kept alarming (agitating) me.
• Daniel 8:27And I, Daniel, was exhausted and was sick for [several] days. Afterward I got up and continued with the king’s business; but I was astounded at the vision, and there was no one who could explain it.
• Habakkuk 3:16I heard and my whole inner self trembled; My lips quivered at the sound. Decay and rottenness enter my bones, And I tremble in my place. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will invade and attack us.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19My bowels - From this to the twenty-ninth verse the prophet describes the ruin of Jerusalem and the desolation of Judea by the Chaldeans in language and imagery scarcely paralleled in the whole Bible. At the sight of misery the bowels are first affected; pain is next felt by a sort of stricture in the pericardium; and then, the heart becoming strongly affected by irregular palpitations, a gush of tears, accompanied with wailings, is the issue. - "My…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The verse is best translated as a series of ejaculations, in which the people express their grief at the ravages committed by the enemy: “My bowels! My bowels!” I writhe in pain! The walls of my heart! “My heart” moans for me! I cannot keep silence! For “thou hast heard, O my soul,” the trumpet‘s voice! “The alarm of war!”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion. Compared with what it was, every thing is out of order; but the ruin of the Jewish nation would not be final. Every end of our comforts is not a full end. Though the Lord may correct his people very severely, yet he will not cast them off. Ornaments and false colouring would be of no avail. No outward privileges or profession, no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21When Jeremiah heard trumpets and the battle cries of the invaders who brought destruction, he realized that his family and others he knew were being killed or left homeless. Jeremiah could not escape the effects of God's judgment, even though he was faithfully serving the Lord (Jeremiah 9:1, 19; 10:19–20; 20:9; 2 Kings 25:11; 2 Chronicles 36:20; Psalm 42:7; Isaiah 15:5; 16:11; 21:3; 22:4; Ezekiel 7:26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. The prophet suddenly assumes the language of the Jewish state personified, lamenting its affliction (Jr 10:19, 20; 9:1, 10; Is 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 4:19

• Bowels
• Condescension of God
• Heart
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Trumpet
• War

In the dictionaries

• Alarm
• Bless
• Fallow
• Pain
• Wise
• Backslide
• Genesis
• Jeremiah (2)
• Noise
• Senses

Commentaries on Jeremiah 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings