Focused Passage

Jeremiah 4:19-22

Return with Circumcised Hearts Before Disaster Comes from the North

The chapter moves from conditional return and heart circumcision, to urgent alarm over invasion from the north, to Jeremiah's anguished response, to a creation-reversal vision of devastation, and finally to Jerusalem's helpless self-presentation before unavoidable judgment.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

19My 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.

20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

21How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

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Verse 19

Cross-references

Habakkuk 3:16Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 14:8Classic cross-references Isaiah 16:11Classic cross-references Isaiah 22:4Classic cross-references Jeremiah 49:2Classic cross-references

Original words

My anguishמֵעַ֣י׀H4578Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularmy anguishמֵעַ֨י׀H4578Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularI writhe in painאָחוּלָהH2342Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularOh, the painקִיר֥וֹתH7023Noun - masculine plural constructin my chestלִבִּ֛יH3820Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularMy heartלִבִּ֖יH3820Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularpoundsהֹֽמֶה־H1993Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularwithin meלִּ֥יPreposition | first person common singularI cannotלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlebe silentאַחֲרִ֑ישׁH2790Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singularForכִּ֣יH3588ConjunctionIנַפְשִׁ֔יH5315Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularhave heardשָׁמַעְתִּיH8085Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularthe soundק֤וֹלH6963Noun - masculine singular constructof the hornשׁוֹפָר֙H7782Noun - masculine singularthe alarmתְּרוּעַ֖תH8643Noun - feminine singular constructof battleמִלְחָמָֽה׃H4421Noun - feminine singular

Verse 20

Cross-references

Jeremiah 10:20Classic cross-references Psalms 42:7Classic cross-references 2 Thessalonians 1:9Classic cross-references Ezekiel 7:25Classic cross-references Ezekiel 7:26Classic cross-references

Original words

Disasterשֶׁ֤בֶרH7667Noun - masculine singularafterעַל־H5921Prepositiondisasterשֶׁ֙בֶר֙H7667Noun - masculine singularis proclaimedנִקְרָ֔אH7121Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularforכִּ֥יH3588Conjunctionthe wholeכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructlandהָאָ֑רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularis laid wasteשֻׁדְּדָ֖הH7703Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singularMy tentsאֹהָלַ֔יH168Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularare destroyedשֻׁדְּד֣וּH7703Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common pluralin an instantפִּתְאֹם֙H6597Adverbmy curtainsיְרִיעֹתָֽי׃H3407Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singularin a momentרֶ֖גַעH7281Noun - masculine singular

Verse 21

Cross-references

Numbers 10:9Classic cross-references Jeremiah 4:6Classic cross-references Jeremiah 42:14Classic cross-references

Original words

How longעַד־H5704Preposition. . .מָתַ֖יH4970Interrogativemust I seeאֶרְאֶה־H7200Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singularthe signal flagנֵּ֑סH5251Noun - masculine singularand hearאֶשְׁמְעָ֖הH8085Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularthe soundק֥וֹלH6963Noun - masculine singular constructof the hornשׁוֹפָֽר׃סH7782Noun - masculine singular

Verse 22

Cross-references

Isaiah 40:28Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 14:20Classic cross-references Isaiah 1:3Classic cross-references Ephesians 5:17Classic cross-references Hosea 4:6Classic cross-references

Original words

Forכִּ֣י׀H3588ConjunctionMy peopleעַמִּ֗יH5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular-אוֹתִי֙H853Direct object marker | first person common singularare foolsאֱוִ֣ילH191Adjective - masculine singularthey have notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particleknown Meיָדָ֔עוּH3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralTheyהֵ֔מָּהH1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralare foolishסְכָלִים֙H5530Noun - masculine pluralchildrenבָּנִ֤יםH1121Noun - masculine pluralwithoutוְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleunderstandingנְבוֹנִ֖יםH995Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine pluralTheyהֵ֑מָּהH1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralare skilledחֲכָמִ֥יםH2450Adjective - masculine plural. . .הֵ֙מָּה֙H1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralin doing evilלְהָרַ֔עH7489Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructbut they knowיָדָֽעוּ׃H3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralnotלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlehow to do goodוּלְהֵיטִ֖יבH3190Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct

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