Jeremiah 10:19
New International Version
Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, “This is my sickness, and I must endure it.”

New Living Translation
My wound is severe, and my grief is great. My sickness is incurable, but I must bear it.

English Standard Version
Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, “Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it.”

Berean Standard Bible
Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

King James Bible
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

New King James Version
Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is severe. But I say, “Truly this is an infirmity, And I must bear it.”

New American Standard Bible
Woe to me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, “This certainly is a sickness, And I must endure it.”

NASB 1995
Woe is me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, “Truly this is a sickness, And I must bear it.”

NASB 1977
Woe is me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, “Truly this is a sickness, And I must bear it.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Woe is me, because of my injury! My wound is desperately sick. But I said, “Truly this is a sickness, And I must bear it.”

Amplified Bible
“Woe to me because of my [spiritual] brokenness!” [says Jeremiah, speaking for the nation.] “My wound is incurable.” But I said, “Surely this sickness and suffering and grief are mine, And I must bear it.”

Christian Standard Bible
Woe to me because of my brokenness — I am severely wounded! I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering, but I must bear it.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to me because of my brokenness— I am severely wounded! I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering, but I must bear it.”

American Standard Version
Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Woe to me for my crushing pain! It is my plague, and I have said, “This is my sorrow. I shall bear it

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Alas for thy ruin! thy plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is thy wound, and it has overtaken thee.

Contemporary English Version
The people answered, "We are wounded and doomed to die. Why did we say we could stand the pain?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it.

English Revised Version
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Oh, I'm wounded! My wound is serious. Then I thought that this is my punishment, and I will bear it.

Good News Translation
The people of Jerusalem cried out, "How badly we are hurt! Our wounds will not heal. And we thought this was something we could endure!

International Standard Version
Woe is me because of my injury. My wound is severe. I said, "Truly this is my sickness, and I must bear it.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is grievous; But I said: 'This is but a sickness, And I must bear it.'

Literal Standard Version
Woe to me for my breaking, | My striking has been grievous, | And I said, “Surely this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.”

Majority Standard Bible
Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

New American Bible
Woe is me! I am undone, my wound is beyond healing. Yet I had thought: if I make light of my sickness, I can bear it.

NET Bible
And I cried out, "We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought, 'This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!'

New Revised Standard Version
Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is severe. But I said, “Truly this is my punishment, and I must bear it.”

New Heart English Bible
Woe is me because of my hurt. My wound is grievous: but I said, 'Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.'

Webster's Bible Translation
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

World English Bible
Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”

Young's Literal Translation
Woe to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this is my sickness, and I bear it.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Coming Destruction
18For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.” 19Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.” 20My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.…

Cross References
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.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

Woe.

Jeremiah 4:19,31
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…

Jeremiah 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

truly.

Psalm 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

Psalm 77:10
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

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Jeremiah 10
1. The unequal comparison of God and idols.
17. The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come.
19. He laments the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastors.
23. He makes an humble supplication.














(19) Woe is me . . .--From this verse to the end of the chapter we have, with the prophet's characteristic dramatic vividness, the lamentation of the daughter of Israel in her captivity, bewailing the transgressions that had led to it. That this follows immediately on Jeremiah 10:18 gives some support to the view above given as to the force of the words "that they may find." Israel is represented as having "found" in both aspects of the word.

Grievous.--In the sense of all but incurable.

This is a grief . . .--Better, this is my grief or plague, that which I have brought upon myself and must therefore bear. To accept the punishment was in this, as in all cases, the first step to reformation.

Verse 19. - It is rather doubtful (as in the parallel passage, Jeremiah 4:19-21) whether the speaker here is the prophet, or "the daughter of my people," who, in Jeremiah 6:26, is called upon to "make most bitter lamentation." Of course, the prophet cannot dissociate himself from his people; and we rosy therefore, perhaps, consider both references united. Hurt; literally, breach; a term so used for political calamities. A grief; rather, my grief; but "grief" is meant to include both physical and mental sufferings (literally, my sickness).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Woe
א֥וֹי (’ō·w)
Interjection
Strong's 188: Lamentation, Oh!

to me because of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my brokenness;
שִׁבְרִ֔י (šiḇ·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash

my wound
מַכָּתִ֑י (mak·kā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4347: A wound, carnage, pestilence

is grievous!
נַחְלָ֖ה (naḥ·lāh)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick

But I
וַאֲנִ֣י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

said,
אָמַ֔רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“This
זֶ֥ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

is truly my sickness,
חֳלִ֖י (ḥo·lî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2483: Malady, anxiety, calamity

and I must bear it.”
וְאֶשָּׂאֶֽנּוּ׃ (wə·’eś·śā·’en·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take


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