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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 10:19

The people answered, "We are wounded and doomed to die. Why did we say we could stand the pain?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Backsliders;   Church;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jeremiah;   Resignation;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nahum (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Wound;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hurt;   Jeremiah (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captivity;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Woe to me because of my brokenness—I am severely wounded!I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,but I must bear it.”
Hebrew Names Version
Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
King James Version
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
English Standard Version
Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, "Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it."
New American Standard Bible
Woe to me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, "This certainly is a sickness, And I must endure it."
New Century Version
How terrible it will be for me because of my injury. My wound cannot be healed. Yet I told myself, "This is my sickness; I must suffer through it."
Amplified Bible
"Woe to me because of my [spiritual] brokenness!" [says Jeremiah, speaking for the nation.] "My wound is incurable." But I said, "Surely this sickness and suffering and grief are mine, And I must bear it."
World English Bible
Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wo is me for my destruction, and my grieuous plague: but I thought, Yet it is my sorow, and I will beare it.
Legacy Standard Bible
Woe is me, because of my injury!My wound is desperately sick.But I said, "Truly this is a sickness,And I must bear it."
Berean Standard Bible
Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, "This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it."
Complete Jewish Bible
Woe to me because of my wound! My injury is incurable! I used to say, "It's only an illness, and I can bear it."
Darby Translation
Woe is me, for my wound! My stroke is hard to heal, and I had said, Yea, this is [my] grief, and I will bear it.
Easy-to-Read Version
I am hurt badly. I am injured and I cannot be healed. But I told myself, "This is my sickness; I must suffer through it."
George Lamsa Translation
Woe to me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is my grief and I must bear it.
Good News Translation
The people of Jerusalem cried out, "How badly we are hurt! Our wounds will not heal. And we thought this was something we could endure!
Lexham English Bible
Woe to me, because of my wound. My wound is incurable. But I said, "Surely this is my sickness, and I must bear it."
Literal Translation
Woe to me for my breaking! My wound is grievous. But I said, Truly this is a malady, and I must bear it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Alas, how am I hurte? Alas, how panefull are my scourges vnto me? For I cosidre this sorow by my self, & I must suffre it,
American Standard Version
Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.
Bible in Basic English
Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is grievous; but I said: 'This is but a sickness, and I must bear it.'
King James Version (1611)
Woe is mee for my hurt, my wound is grieuous: but I sayd, Truely this is a griefe, and I must beare it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Alas howe am I hurt? alas howe paynefull are my scourges vnto me? for I consider this sorowe by my selfe, and I must suffer it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is thy wound, and it has overtaken thee.
English Revised Version
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wo to me on my sorewe, my wounde is ful yuel; forsothe Y seide, Pleynli this is my sikenesse, and Y schal bere it.
Update Bible Version
Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this [is] a grief, and I must bear it.
New English Translation
And I cried out, "We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought, ‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!'
New King James Version
Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is severe. But I say, "Truly this is an infirmity, And I must bear it."
New Living Translation
My wound is severe, and my grief is great. My sickness is incurable, but I must bear it.
New Life Bible
It is bad for me because I am hurt! My sore cannot be healed. But I said, "For sure this sickness is mine, and I must suffer with it."
New Revised Standard
Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is severe. But I said, "Truly this is my punishment, and I must bear it."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Woe to me! for my grievous injury, Severe, is my wound, - But, I, said, Verily, this, is an affliction and I must bear it:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it.
Revised Standard Version
Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, "Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it."
Young's Literal Translation
Wo to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.
THE MESSAGE
But it's a black day for me! Hopelessly wounded, I said, "Why, oh why did I think I could bear it?" My house is ruined— the roof caved in. Our children are gone— we'll never see them again. No one left to help in rebuilding, no one to make a new start!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Woe is me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, "Truly this is a sickness, And I must bear it."

Contextual Overview

17 I said to the people of Judah, "Gather your things; you are surrounded. 18 The Lord said these troubles will lead to your capture, and he will throw you from this land like a rock from a sling." 19 The people answered, "We are wounded and doomed to die. Why did we say we could stand the pain? 20 Our homes are destroyed; our children are dead. No one is left to help us find shelter." 21 But I told them, "Our leaders were stupid failures, because they refused to listen to the Lord . And so we've been scattered like sheep. 22 "Sounds of destruction rumble from the north like distant thunder. Soon our towns will be ruins where jackals live." 23 I know, Lord , that we humans are not in control of our own lives. 24 Correct me, as I deserve, but not in your anger, or I will be dead. 25 Our enemies refuse to admit that you are God or to worship you. They have wiped out our people and left our nation lying in ruins. So get angry and sweep them away!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Woe: Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 8:21, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 17:13, Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:12-22, Lamentations 2:11-22, Lamentations 3:48

Truly: Psalms 39:9, Psalms 77:10, Isaiah 8:17, Lamentations 3:18-21, Lamentations 3:39, Lamentations 3:40, Micah 7:9

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 4:13 - Woe Jeremiah 4:20 - suddenly Jeremiah 8:18 - my

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.
Genesis 10:2
Japheth's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, who settled along the coast.
Genesis 10:21
Shem's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. He was the older brother of Japheth and the ancestor of the tribes of Eber. Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram was the ancestor of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arpachshad was the father of Shelah and the grandfather of Eber, whose first son was named Peleg, because it was during his time that tribes divided up the earth. Eber's second son was Joktan. Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. Their land reached from Mesha in the direction of Sephar, the hill country in the east.
Genesis 14:2
attacked King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, also known as the city of Zoar.
Genesis 18:20
The Lord said, "Abraham, I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are doing all kinds of evil things.
Genesis 20:1
Abraham moved to the Southern Desert, where he settled between Kadesh and Shur. Later he went to Gerar, and while there
Genesis 26:1
Once during Abraham's lifetime, the fields had not produced enough grain, and now the same thing happened. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines in the land of Gerar,
Deuteronomy 32:8
that God Most High gave land to every nation. He assigned a guardian angel to each of them,
Judges 16:1
One day while Samson was in Gaza, he saw a prostitute and went to her house to spend the night.
Jeremiah 25:20
and all the foreigners who lived in the country. Next I went to the king of Uz, and then to the four kings of Philistia, who ruled from Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what was left of Ashdod.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Woe is me for my hurt!.... Or "breach" a; which was made upon the people of the Jews, when besieged, taken, and carried captive; with whom the prophet heartily sympathized, and considered their calamities and distresses as his own; for these are the words of the prophet, lamenting the sad estate of his people.

My wound is grievous; causes grief, is very painful, and hard to be endured:

but I said; within himself, after he had thoroughly considered the matter:

this is a grief; an affliction, a trial, and exercise:

and I must bear it; patiently and quietly, since it is of God, and is justly brought upon the people for their sins.

a על שברי "propter confractionem meam", Cocceius Schmidt,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy.

Jeremiah 10:19

Grievous - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal, incurable.

A grief - Or, “my grief.”

Jeremiah 10:20

tabernacle - i. e., “tent.” Jerusalem laments that her tent is plundered and her children carried into exile, and so “are not,” are dead Matthew 2:18, either absolutely, or dead to her in the remote land of their captivity. They can aid the widowed mother no longer in pitching her tent, or in hanging up the curtains round about it.

Jeremiah 10:21

Therefore they shall not prosper - Rather, “therefore they have not governed wisely.” “The pastors,” i. e., the kings and rulers Jeremiah 2:8, having sunk to the condition of barbarous and untutored men, could not govern wisely.

Jeremiah 10:22

The “great commotion” is the confused noise of the army on its march (see Jeremiah 8:16).

Dragons - i. e., jackals; see the marginal reference.

Jeremiah 10:23

At the rumour of the enemy’s approach Jeremiah utters in the name of the nation a supplication appropriate to men overtaken by the divine justice.

Jeremiah 10:24

With judgment - In Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28, the word “judgment” (with a different preposition) is rendered “in measure.” The contrast therefore is between punishment inflicted in anger, and that inflicted as a duty of justice, of which the object is the criminal’s reformation. Jeremiah prays that God would punish Jacob so far only as would bring him to true repentance, but that he would pour forth his anger upon the pagan, as upon that which opposes itself to God Jeremiah 10:25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 10:19. This is a grief, and I must bear it. — Oppressive as it is, I have deserved it, and worse; but even in this judgment God remembers mercy.


 
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