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Jeremiah 4:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jeremiah 4:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 They have closed in around her like watchers of a field
because she has rebelled against me,
says the Lord.(A)
18 Your ways and your doings
have brought this upon you.
This is your doom; how bitter it is!
It has reached your very heart.”(B)
Sorrow for a Doomed Nation
19 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[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.(C)
Footnotes
- 4.19 Or for you, O my soul,
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