Jeremiah 10:19

Translations

Modern

Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

Traditional

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

Literal

Woe to me because of my brokenness—my wound is grievous! And I said, “Truly this is a sickness, and I must bear it.

Latin

Væ mihi super contritione mea: pessima plaga mea. Ego autem dixi: Plane hæc infirmitas mea est, et portabo illam.

Original

Hebrew

English

Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

Notes

Jeremiah 10:19

Jeremiah experienced personal loss with his people. He spoke for both the nation and himself.

Jeremiah 10:17–22

A judgment announcement (Jeremiah 10:17–18) is followed by a lament about its impact (10:19–22).

Jeremiah 10:1–25

This poetic passage has three parts:

A contrast between the Lord and pagan idols (Jeremiah 10:1–16)
A reflection on the destruction awaiting idol worshipers (Jeremiah 10:17–18, 19–22)
A prayer asking God to act with restraint in the coming judgment and to ensure the pagan nations do not go unpunished (Jeremiah 10:23–25).

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Micah 7:9
Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
Jeremiah 14:17
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
Lamentations 3:18–21
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
Jeremiah 4:31
For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
Lamentations 3:39–40
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
Lamentations 1:2
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
Lamentations 1:12–22
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
Lamentations 3:48
Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Jeremiah 4:19
My 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.
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
Psalm 77:10
So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Resignation In, Exemplified Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Church: Backslidden Jeremiah: The Prophet: Over Jerusalem Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Resignation: Exemplified

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