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4:19 Yirmeyah’s sorrow for the country

19 My inward parts, my insides!

≈ I writhe with chest pains.

≈ My heart is pounding—I won’t stay silent,

→ because my soul, you hear the sound of the trumpet—an alarm for battle.

20 Destruction followed by more destruction has been proclaimed,

≈ because all the land has been devastated.

Suddenly my tents are devastated—

≈ my tent fabrics gone in a moment.

21 How long do I have to watch the enemy’s banner for?

How long will that trumpet sound go on for?

22 Yes, my people are foolish—they don’t know me.

≈ They’re like stupid children who don’t understand anything.

They’ve very clever at doing what’s evil

≈ and they don’t know how to do what’s good.

19 parts _of_my _inward parts _of_my _inward I _am _waiting[fn] the _walls _of my _heart _of_my is_turbulent to/for_me heart _of_my not I _will _keep _silent if/because the_sound _of a _trumpet you _have _heard[fn] my _self _of_my the_shout _of battle.
20 Destruction to destruction it _has _been _proclaimed if/because all _of it _has _been _devastated the_earth/land suddenly they _have _been _devastated tents _of_my a _moment curtains _of_my _tent.
21 Until when will _I _see a _standard will _I _hear the_sound _of a _trumpet.
22 if/because is_a _fool people _of_my me not they _know are_children fools they and_not are_having _understanding they are_skillful they to_do _evil and_to_do _good not they _know.

4:19 OSHB variant note: אחולה: (x-qere) ’אוֹחִ֜ילָה’: lemma_3176 n_1.0.0.0 morph_HVhh1cs id_245Xt אוֹחִ֜ילָה

4:19 OSHB variant note: שמעתי: (x-qere) ’שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ’: lemma_8085 morph_HVqp2fs id_249XH שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ

OET by section JER 4:19

Yirmeyah’s sorrow for the country

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