19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? …
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)In these verses, I. The prophet threatens, in God’s name, the approaching ruin of Judah and Jerusalem, Jer. 10:17 , 18 . The Jews that continued in their own land, after some were carried into captivity, were very secure; they thought themselves inhabitants of a fortress ; their country was their strong hold, and, in their own conceit, impregnable; but they are here told to think of leaving it: th…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.