Jeremiah 4
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Jeremiah 4:19-31

19My heartH4578, my heartH4578! I am painedH2342H3176 at my veryH7023 heartH3820; my heartH3820 maketh a noiseH1993 in me; I cannot hold my peaceH2790, because thou hast heardH8085, O my soulH5315, the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782, the alarmH8643 of warH4421.1 20DestructionH7667 upon destructionH7667 is criedH7121; for the whole landH776 is laid wasteH7703: suddenlyH6597 are my tentsH168 ruinedH7703, and my curtainsH3407 in a momentH7281. 21How long shall I seeH7200 the standardH5251, and hearH8085 the soundH6963 of the trumpetH7782? 22For my peopleH5971 are foolishH191, they have not knownH3045 me; they are sillyH5530 childrenH1121, and they have no understandingH995: they are wiseH2450 to do evilH7489, but to do goodH3190 they have no knowledgeH3045. 23I beheldH7200 the earthH776, and, lo, it was without formH8414, and voidH922; and the heavensH8064, and they had no lightH216. 24I beheldH7200 the mountainsH2022, and, lo, they trembledH7493, and all the hillsH1389 moved lightlyH7043. 25I beheldH7200, and, lo, there was no manH120, and all the fowlsH5775 of the heavensH8064 had fledH5074. 26I beheldH7200, and, lo, the fruitful placeH3759 was a wildernessH4057, and all its citiesH5892 were broken downH5422 at the presenceH6440 of the LORDH3068, and by his fierceH2740 angerH639. 27For thus hath the LORDH3068 saidH559, The whole landH776 shall be desolateH8077; yet will I not makeH6213 a full endH3617. 28For this shall the earthH776 mournH56, and the heavensH8064 aboveH4605 be blackH6937: because I have spokenH1696 it, I have purposedH2161 it, and will not repentH5162, neither will I turn backH7725 from it. 29The whole cityH5892 shall fleeH1272 for the noiseH6963 of the horsemenH6571 and bowmenH7198H7411; they shall goH935 into thicketsH5645, and climb upH5927 upon the rocksH3710: every cityH5892 shall be forsakenH5800, and not a manH376 dwellH3427 in itH2004. 30And when thou art laid wasteH7703, what wilt thou doH6213? Though thou clothestH3847 thyself with crimsonH8144, though thou deckestH5710 thee with ornamentsH5716 of goldH2091, though thou enlargeH7167 thy eyesH5869 with paintingH6320, in vainH7723 shalt thou make thyself fairH3302; thy loversH5689 will despiseH3988 thee, they will seekH1245 thy lifeH5315.2 31For I have heardH8085 a voiceH6963 as of a woman in travailH2470, and the anguishH6869 as of her that bringeth forth her first childH1069, the voiceH6963 of the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726, that bewailethH3306 herself, that spreadethH6566 her handsH3709, saying, WoeH188 is me now! for my soulH5315 is weariedH5888 because of murderersH2026.

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  1. 1. Jeremiah 4:19 my very...: Heb. the walls of my heart ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 4:30 face: Heb. eyes ↩

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