Jer 4:19-21 | 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 .

a Isa. 16:11; Hab. 3:16; [ch. 9:1; Isa. 22:4]

Jeremiah 4:19-21

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

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.
21 How long must I see the standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?