Jer 4:19-20, 9:1, 13:17, 14:17-21, 18:20, Rom 9:1-3 | ESV | STEP | 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 hear the sound of the trumpet , the alarm of war .

19 ^aMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.
20 ^bCrash follows hard on crash;
the whole land is laid waste.
^cSuddenly my tents are laid waste,
my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 9:1

1 ^{▼▼Ch 8:23 in Hebrew} ^eOh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of ^fthe daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 13:17

17 But if you will not listen,
^gmy soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

Jeremiah 14:17-21

17 “You shall say to them this word:
^h‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin ⁱdaughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
^jwith a very grievous blow.
18 ^kIf I go out into the field,
behold, those pierced by the sword!
^lAnd if I enter the city,
behold, the diseases of famine!
^mFor both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
and have no knowledge.’”
19 ⁿHave you utterly rejected Judah?
Does your soul loathe Zion?
Why have you struck us down
^oso that there is no healing for us?
^pWe looked for peace, but no good came;
^qfor a time of healing, but behold, terror.
20 ^rWe acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,
and the iniquity of our fathers,
^sfor we have sinned against you.
21 Do not spurn us, ^tfor your name’s sake;
do not dishonor your glorious throne;
^uremember and do not break your covenant with us.

Jeremiah 18:20

20 ^vShould good be repaid with evil?
Yet ^wthey have dug a pit for my life.
^xRemember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.

Romans 9:1-3

God’s Sovereign Choice

1 ^yI am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For ^zI could wish that I myself were ^aaaccursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} my kinsmen ^acaccording to the flesh.