Jeremiah 10:19

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Woe to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this <FI>is<Fi> my sickness, and I bear it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 10:19 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
  2. Psalms 77:10So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
  3. Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
  4. Jeremiah 4:19My 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.
  5. Jeremiah 4:31For 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!”
  6. Jeremiah 8:21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
  7. Jeremiah 9:1Oh, 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.
  8. Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
  9. Jeremiah 14:17You 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.
  10. Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
  11. Lamentations 1:2She 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.
  12. Lamentations 1:12Is 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?
  13. Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
  14. Lamentations 3:18So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
  15. Lamentations 3:39Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
  16. Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  17. Micah 7:9Because 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.

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