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Jeremiah 10:19

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 10:19

Verse 19 of 25

Scripture focus

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

Jeremiah 10:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 10:19

Theological / Devotional

Woe is me. The nation, here personified, is pictured as lamenting her calamity, the ruin of her house and the loss of her children.

Hurt. Literally, “a breaking,” or “a fracture.”

Bear it. To recognize and to accept the affliction that one has brought upon himself by his evil course is the first step in reformation (see Lam. 3:39, 40).

The Jews of Jeremiah’s day rejected outright any suggestion that God’s repeated messages warning of the imminence of captivity could possibly come true (see Jer. 7:3; Eze. 11:3; 12:21-28). Even the devout soul of Jeremiah rebelled, at first, at the thought. He felt deeply wounded (chs. 4:19; 8:21; 15:18), wept (chs. 9:1; 13:17; 14:17), and prayed that captivity might be averted (chs. 7:16; 11:14; 14:11). He was slow to realize that it could not (see chs. 11:11; 14:19).

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