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Jeremiah 4:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

My sadness and worry is making my stomach hurt. I am bent over in pain. I am so afraid. My heart is pounding inside me. I cannot keep quiet, because I have heard the trumpet blow. The trumpet is calling the army to war.

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My whole body shook when I heard the story. My lips trembled. I felt weak deep down in my bones and stood there shaking. But I will wait patiently for destruction to come to those who attack us.

So I say, “Don’t look at me! Let me cry! Don’t rush to comfort me about the destruction of Jerusalem.”

So I will hum a sad song for Moab and Kir Heres, like a harp playing a funeral song.

I, Jeremiah, will cry for the mountains. I will sing a funeral song for the empty fields, because all the animals were taken away. No one travels there now. The sounds of cattle cannot be heard. The birds have flown away, and the animals are gone.

If my head were filled with water, and if my eyes were a fountain of tears, I would cry day and night for my people who have been destroyed.

I saw those terrible things, and now I am afraid. My fear makes my stomach hurt like the pain of giving birth. What I hear frightens me. What I see makes me shake with fear.

My little children, I am in pain again over you, like a mother giving birth. I will feel this pain until people can look at you and see Christ.

I, Daniel, became very weak. I was sick for several days after that vision. Then I got up and went back to work for the king, but I was very upset about the vision. I did not understand what it meant.

“I, Daniel, was confused and worried. The visions that went through my mind bothered me.

My heart cries, full of sorrow for Moab. Its people run away to Zoar for safety. They run to Eglath Shelishiyah. The people are crying as they go up the road to Luhith. They are crying loudly as they walk on the road to Horonaim.

My soul, relax! The Lord is caring for you.

Brothers and sisters, what I want most is for all the people of Israel to be saved. That is my prayer to God.

If people hear the warning blast of a trumpet, they shake with fear. If trouble comes to a city, the Lord caused it to happen.

“And that was the end of the dream. I, Daniel, was very afraid. My face became very white from fear, and I did not tell the other people what I saw and heard.”

My eyes are worn out with tears, and my insides are upset. My heart feels like it has been poured on the ground; I feel this way because of the destruction of my people. Children and babies are fainting in the public squares of the city.

“I cry about all these things. Tears are flowing down my cheeks. There is no one near to comfort me. There is no one who can make me feel better. My children are like a wasteland, because the enemy won.”

A message to the prophets: I am very sad—my heart is broken. All my bones are shaking. Because of the Lord and his holy words, I am like a man who is drunk.

Sometimes I say to myself, “I will forget about him. I will not speak anymore in his name.” But when I say that, his message is like a fire burning inside me! It feels like it is burning deep in my bones! I get tired of trying to hold his message inside. And finally, I am not able to hold it in.

If you people of Judah don’t listen to him, I will hide and cry. Your pride will cause me to cry. I will cry very hard. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be captured.

How long must I see the war flags? How long must I hear the war trumpets?

“Give this message to the people of Judah: Tell everyone in the city of Jerusalem: ‘Blow the trumpet all over the country.’ Shout out loud and say, ‘Come together! Let us all escape to the strong cities for protection.’

Praise the Lord! My soul, praise the Lord!

I have cried a river of tears because people don’t obey your teachings.

I am overcome with anger when I see wicked people, who have stopped following your teachings.

My soul, praise the Lord! Every part of me, praise his holy name!

Some of you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord. Every good thing I have comes from you.”

The Kishon River, that ancient river, swept Sisera’s men away. My soul, march on with strength!

“If you are fighting an enemy in your own land, blow loudly on the trumpets before you go to fight them. The Lord your God will hear you, and he will save you from your enemies.

I will not join their secret meetings. I will not take part in their evil plans. They have killed people out of anger and crippled animals for fun.

And in a war, if the trumpet does not sound clearly, the soldiers will not know it is time to prepare for fighting.

We have heard the news about that army, and we are paralyzed with fear. We feel trapped by our troubles, in pain like a woman giving birth.

My people are hurt, so I am hurt. I am too sad to speak.

And you might say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt. We will not be bothered with war there. We will not hear the trumpets of war, and in Egypt we will not be hungry.’

The Lord says, “The time will come in Rabbah of Ammon when people hear the sounds of battle. Rabbah of Ammon will be destroyed. It will be an empty hill covered with ruined buildings, and the towns around it will be burned. Those people forced the people of Israel to leave their own land. But later, Israel will force them to leave.” This is what the Lord said.

“The noise of battle can be heard all over the country. It is the noise of much destruction.

Then Daniel (also called Belteshazzar) became very quiet for a while. What he was thinking bothered him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream or its meaning make you afraid.” Then Belteshazzar answered the king, “My lord, I wish the dream were about your enemies, and I wish the meaning of the dream were about those against you.

The boy said to his father, “Oh, my head! My head hurts!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother!”

Elisha began to stare. He stared for an embarrassingly long time. Then the man of God began to cry.

I am worried and shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a nightmare.

God, I am very sad and afraid.

“Look at me, Lord. I am in distress! I am upset, as if my heart turned upside down inside of me. I feel this way because I have been so stubborn. Out in the streets, I lost my children to the swords. Inside, it is like death.




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