Bible Strands
Jeremiah 10:19
Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah speaks in the first person immediately after Yahweh declares He will sling out the land’s inhabitants and bring distress and capture. The moment occurs during a prophetic lament where the prophet internalizes the coming national catastrophe.
The words — The Hebrew שִׁבְרִי (shivri) translates literally to “my fracture” or “my brokenness,” paired with מַכָּתִי (makati), meaning “my wound.” These terms describe the physical and spiritual devastation Jeremiah anticipates bearing.
The thread — This pattern of enduring appointed judgment appears in Micah 7:9, where the prophet acknowledges he must endure the Lord’s rage until justice is executed, and aligns with the communal anguish documented in Jeremiah 4:31 and 14:17.
Why it lands — The text states that suffering is fixed and must be borne without evasion, framing endurance as a required response to divine action. It asks the reader to accept appointed consequences as a non-negotiable reality rather than seeking immediate relief.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Cross-references
- Micah 7:9 Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
- Jeremiah 4:31 For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
- Jeremiah 14:17 You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
- Lamentations 3:18 So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
- Lamentations 3:39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
- Psalms 39:9 I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
- Psalms 77:10 So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
- Jeremiah 4:19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
- Jeremiah 8:21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.