Jeremiah 4:19 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

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.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The verse is best translated as a series of exclamations, in which the people express their grief at the ravages committed by the enemy:

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

My bowels, my bowels! —As with Jeremiah 4:13, the words may be Jeremiah’s own cry of anguish, or that of the despairing p…

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

The dreadful blast of war, the blood-red flag of murder, flying through the land, while the Chaldeans slaughtered right and left, young and old—we …

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Some interpreters think that the Prophet is here affected by grief because he saw that his own nation would soon perish; but I do not know whether …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

My bowels, my bowels
These are either the words of the people, to whose heart the calamity reached, as in the preceding verse;…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion.

Compared with what it was,…

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century

Catholic

13th Century

1. Here, he predicts the destruction of the land.

First, he predicts the destruction itself.
Second, he desc…

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