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 commands the trumpet alarm — the very sound Jeremiah hears causing his anguish here.
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 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.
In Luke 19:41, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem's coming doom—same sorrow for the city as Jeremiah's anguish over its destruction.
In Luke 19:42, Jesus laments Jerusalem's ignorance of peace—parallel grief over imminent judgment and missed opportunity.
In Romans 9:2, Paul has unceasing anguish in his heart for Israel—direct parallel to Jeremiah's inner turmoil over his people.
In Romans 9:3, Paul wishes himself accursed for his people—intensifies the same sacrificial love that drives Jeremiah's lament.
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 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 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 describes internal churning and days of suffering—paralleling Jeremiah's physical anguish here.
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 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 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.
In Romans 10:1, Paul's heartfelt desire for Israel's salvation parallels Jeremiah's anguished cry over Judah's judgment.
In Daniel 8:27, Daniel lies ill from the vision's weight—similar physical anguish to Jeremiah's writhing from hearing the war alarm.
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.
In Daniel 7:15, Daniel's spirit is troubled by apocalyptic visions—similar internal turmoil over divine revelation, though the visions are future kingdoms.