Jeremiah 4:19

We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Distress has taken hold of us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth.

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, desolation has taken hold of me.

But if I say, “I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name,” Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot prevail.

saying, “No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there,”

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon; And it will become a desolate heap, And her towns will be set on fire. Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,” Says Yahweh.

“The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

My eyes fail because of tears; My inmost being is greatly disturbed; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When infants and nursing babies faint In the open squares of the city.

“Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his thoughts were alarming him. The king answered and said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar answered and said, ‘My lord, if only the dream applied to those who hate you and its interpretation to your adversaries!

If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity happens in a city has not Yahweh done it?

A day of trumpet and loud shouting Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers.

For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation