Jeremiah 4:19

My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 4:5 Historical context

Jeremiah 4:5 commands the trumpet alarm — the very sound Jeremiah hears causing his anguish here.

Jeremiah 4:21 Historical context

Jeremiah 4:21 echoes this same lament—How long?—as the trumpet and battle standard continue.

Jeremiah 14:17 commands tears night and day for the shattered people—same heart of lament over national calamity.

Jeremiah 13:17 weeps bitterly over pride and captivity—parallel to the inner anguish and alarm here.

Jeremiah 9:10 continues the lament over desolation—identical sorrow for the destruction of the land.

Jeremiah 9:1 echoes the same anguished longing to weep over the people's suffering—deep prophetic lament.

Jeremiah 23:9 mirrors this visceral anguish — the prophet's heart breaks and bones shake over false prophets, a similar physical reaction to spiritual crisis.

In Jeremiah 6:1, the call to flee with a trumpet responds directly to the alarm of war heard in 4:19, escalating the urgency.

In Jeremiah 20:8, the prophet’s proclamation of violence brings insult, revealing the cause behind the agony in 4:19.

In Jeremiah 6:24, the same anguish and labor pain imagery reappears, now attributed to the people hearing the invasion report.

In Jeremiah 42:14, the people seek to avoid hearing the trumpet that Jeremiah hears, directly opposing the reality of war.

In Jeremiah 8:21, the prophet’s personal horror expands to include being crushed alongside his people, deepening the shared grief.

In Jeremiah 48:31, the same prophet wails for Moab, crying out with heart moaning — extending the lament from Judah to foreign nations.

In Jeremiah 10:19, the lament shifts from acute agony to resigned endurance of an incurable wound, echoing the same speaker's pain.

Jeremiah 48:32 continues the Moab lament with weeping for the vine of Sibmah — a parallel expression of sorrow over judgment.

In Jeremiah 49:2, the same battle cry against Ammon echoes the alarm of war in Jeremiah 4:19, but the target shifts from Judah to a foreign nation.

Jeremiah 50:22 describes a 'sound of battle' against Babylon, mirroring the war alarm in Jeremiah 4:19, yet the perspective is national judgment rather than personal anguish.

In Jeremiah 17:16, the prophet defends that he did not desire the day of despair, contrasting with the raw anguish expressed in 4:19.

In Lamentations 2:11, the same bodily anguish—heart poured out, eyes failing—over Jerusalem's destruction mirrors Jeremiah's own distress.

In Galatians 4:19, Paul uses labor-pain imagery for his spiritual longing, echoing Jeremiah's 'writhe in pain' over Judah.

In Lamentations 3:48-51, unceasing tears flow for the destroyed people—echoing Jeremiah's inability to keep silent over the same tragedy.

Amos 3:6 Parallel

Amos 3:6 asks if a trumpet alarm makes people tremble—matching the fear Jeremiah feels here.

In Habakkuk 3:16, the prophet's heart pounds and legs tremble at God's judgment—almost identical physical reaction to Jeremiah's.

Luke 19:41 Parallel

In Luke 19:41, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem's coming doom—same sorrow for the city as Jeremiah's anguish over its destruction.

Luke 19:42 Parallel

In Luke 19:42, Jesus laments Jerusalem's ignorance of peace—parallel grief over imminent judgment and missed opportunity.

Romans 9:2 Parallel

In Romans 9:2, Paul has unceasing anguish in his heart for Israel—direct parallel to Jeremiah's inner turmoil over his people.

Romans 9:3 Parallel

In Romans 9:3, Paul wishes himself accursed for his people—intensifies the same sacrificial love that drives Jeremiah's lament.

Isaiah 22:4 Parallel

Isaiah 22:4 weeps bitter tears over destruction of 'the daughter of my people' — a parallel lament that uses a phrase Jeremiah often employs.

Isaiah 21:3 Parallel

Isaiah 21:3 describes pangs like childbirth and bewilderment — a parallel intense physical reaction to a coming siege, very similar to Jeremiah's heart pain.

Esther 8:6 Parallel

Esther 8:6 expresses Esther's anguish at calamity coming to her people—mirroring Jeremiah's distress here.

Lamentations 1:20 echoes the same visceral anguish — churning stomach, wrung heart, sword outside — directly paralleling Jeremiah 4:19's turmoil over destruction.

Job 30:27 Parallel

Job 30:27 describes internal churning and days of suffering—paralleling Jeremiah's physical anguish here.

Micah 1:8 Parallel

Micah 1:8 describes the prophet lamenting and wailing over sin — a direct parallel to Jeremiah's anguished cry over impending judgment, both using vivid physical imagery.

Ezekiel 21:6 commands groaning with a breaking heart over judgment, paralleling Jeremiah's involuntary anguish — both prophets embody the coming disaster.

Isaiah 16:11 speaks of inner parts moaning like a lyre for Moab — a parallel physical expression of grief over a foreign nation.

Isaiah 15:5 Parallel

Isaiah 15:5 has the prophet's heart crying out for Moab in distress — a parallel prophetic lament over judgment on a nation.

Psalm 119:136 has streams of tears because people break God's law — a parallel weeping over disobedience, like Jeremiah's anguish.

Acts 4:20 Parallel

Acts 4:20 says 'we cannot but speak' — matching Jeremiah's 'I cannot keep silent' in compulsion to declare.

Psalm 119:53 shows indignation seizing the psalmist because of the wicked — a parallel emotional response to sin, though not identical context.

Romans 10:1 Parallel

In Romans 10:1, Paul's heartfelt desire for Israel's salvation parallels Jeremiah's anguished cry over Judah's judgment.

Daniel 8:27 Parallel

In Daniel 8:27, Daniel lies ill from the vision's weight—similar physical anguish to Jeremiah's writhing from hearing the war alarm.

Daniel 7:28 Parallel

In Daniel 7:28, Daniel is deeply troubled and pale from visions—parallel to Jeremiah's pounding heart, but focused on end‑time events.

Zephaniah 1:10 foretells a cry and wail on the day of the Lord — a similar sound of distress to Jeremiah's alarm, but set in a different prophetic context of universal judgment.

Daniel 7:15 Parallel

In Daniel 7:15, Daniel's spirit is troubled by apocalyptic visions—similar internal turmoil over divine revelation, though the visions are future kingdoms.