Jeremiah 4:19-27
New International Version (NIV)

19 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.
20 Disaster follows disaster;
the whole land lies in ruins.
In an instant my tents are destroyed,
my shelter in a moment.
21 How long must I see the battle standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 “My people are fools;
they do not know me.
They are senseless children;
they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil;
they know not how to do good.”
23 I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty;
and at the heavens,
and their light was gone.
24 I looked at the mountains,
and they were quaking;
all the hills were swaying.
25 I looked, and there were no people;
every bird in the sky had flown away.
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;
all its towns lay in ruins
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.
27 This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,
though I will not destroy it completely.



Cross references:Jeremiah 4:19 : Isa 22:4; Jer 6:24; 9:10; La 1:20Jeremiah 4:19 : S Job 6:10; S 14:22; Jer 10:19Jeremiah 4:19 : S Job 37:1; Jer 23:9Jeremiah 4:19 : S Job 4:2; Jer 20:9Jeremiah 4:19 : S ver 21; S Nu 10:2; S Job 39:24Jeremiah 4:19 : S ver 16; Nu 10:9; Jer 49:2; Zep 1:16Jeremiah 4:20 : S Dt 31:17Jeremiah 4:20 : S ver 13Jeremiah 4:20 : S Nu 24:5; Jer 10:20; La 2:4Jeremiah 4:21 : S ver 6; S Nu 2:2; S Isa 18:3Jeremiah 4:21 : ver 5, 19; S Jos 6:20; Jer 6:1; Hos 5:8; Am 3:6; Zep 1:16Jeremiah 4:22 : Jer 5:21; 10:8Jeremiah 4:22 : S Isa 1:3; 27:11; Jer 2:8; 8:7; Hos 5:4; 6:6Jeremiah 4:22 : S Ps 14:4; S 53:2Jeremiah 4:22 : Jer 13:23; S 1Co 14:20Jeremiah 4:22 : S Ps 36:3Jeremiah 4:23 : S Ge 1:2Jeremiah 4:23 : ver 28; S Job 9:7; 30:26; S Isa 5:30; 59:9; La 3:2Jeremiah 4:24 : S Ex 19:18; S Job 9:6Jeremiah 4:25 : Jer 7:20; 9:10; 12:4; Hos 4:3; Zep 1:3Jeremiah 4:26 : S Ge 13:10; Jer 12:4; 23:10Jeremiah 4:26 : S Isa 6:11Jeremiah 4:26 : Jer 12:13; 25:38Jeremiah 4:27 : S ver 13Jeremiah 4:27 : S Lev 26:44; Jer 5:10, 18; 12:12; 30:11; 46:28; Eze 20:17; Am 9:8

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Jeremiah 4:19-27
King James Version (KJV)

19 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.

20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.

27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

Jeremiah 4:19-27
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

19 My guts! My guts! I’m writhing in pain!
My heart! It beats wildly — I can’t stay still! —
because I have heard the shofar sound;
it’s the call to war.
20 The news is disaster after disaster!
All the land is ruined!
My tents are suddenly destroyed,
my tent curtains in an instant.
21 How long must I see that signal
and hear the shofar sound?

22 “It is because my people are foolish —
they do not know me; they are stupid children,
without understanding, wise when doing evil;
but they don’t know how to do good.”

23 I looked at the land — it was unformed and void —
and at the sky — it had no light.
24 I looked at the mountains, and they shook —
all the hills moved back and forth.
25 I looked, and there was no human being;
all the birds in the air had fled.
26 I looked, and the fertile fields were a desert,
all the land’s cities were razed to the ground
at the presence of Adonai,
before his burning anger.

27 For here is what Adonai says:

“The whole land will be desolate
(although I will not destroy it completely).

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Jeremiah 4:19-27
New Living Translation (NLT)

Jeremiah Weeps for His People
19 My heart, my heart—I writhe in pain!
My heart pounds within me! I cannot be still.
For I have heard the blast of enemy trumpets
and the roar of their battle cries.
20 Waves of destruction roll over the land,
until it lies in complete desolation.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed;
in a moment my shelters are crushed.
21 How long must I see the battle flags
and hear the trumpets of war?

22 “My people are foolish
and do not know me,” says the Lord.
“They are stupid children
who have no understanding.
They are clever enough at doing wrong,
but they have no idea how to do right!”

Jeremiah’s Vision of Coming Disaster
23 I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless.
I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.
24 I looked at the mountains and hills,
and they trembled and shook.
25 I looked, and all the people were gone.
All the birds of the sky had flown away.
26 I looked, and the fertile fields had become a wilderness.
The towns lay in ruins,
crushed by the Lord’s fierce anger.

27 This is what the Lord says:
“The whole land will be ruined,
but I will not destroy it completely.

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Behold the day of the Lord is coming and it will be a day of terror and blessing,
great and terrible

for the sheep and the goats,

are you ready and am I ready?

The bride hath made herself ready. Rev. 19:7