World English Bible
Jeremiah 4:19
“My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 4
17
As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'" says Yahweh.
18
Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.
19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
20
Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment.
21
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
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