18 “For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constrains me.
19 “Behold, my belly is like unvented wine,
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.
20 “Let me speak that I may get relief;
Let me open my lips and answer.

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My (A)heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:

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Lament over Judah’s Devastation

19 (A)My [a]soul, my [b]soul! I am in anguish! [c]Oh, my heart!
My (B)heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Because [d]you have heard, O my soul,
The (C)sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit inward parts
  2. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit inward parts
  3. Jeremiah 4:19 Lit The walls of my heart
  4. Jeremiah 4:19 Or I, my soul, heard

False Prophets Denounced

As for the prophets:
My (A)heart is broken within me,
All my bones tremble;
I have become like a drunken man,
Even like a man overcome with wine,
Because of the Lord
And because of His holy words.

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14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and (A)the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

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20 for (A)we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

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