Jeremiah 10:19

19 Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is severe. But I say, "Truly this is an infirmity, And I must bear it."

Jeremiah 10:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 10:19

Woe is me for my hurt!
&c.] Or "breach" ^F1; 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (yrbv le) "propter confractionem meam", Cocceius Schmidt,

Jeremiah 10:19 In-Context

17 Gather up your wares from the land, O inhabitant of the fortress!

18 For thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will throw out at this time The inhabitants of the land, And will distress them, That they may find it so."

19 Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is severe. But I say, "Truly this is an infirmity, And I must bear it."

20 My tent is plundered, And all my cords are broken; My children have gone from me, And they are no more. There is no one to pitch my tent anymore, Or set up my curtains.

21 For the shepherds have become dull-hearted, And have not sought the Lord; Therefore they shall not prosper, And all their flocks shall be scattered.