Jer 4:19 | JFB | e4.org | 19. The prophet suddenly assumes the language of the Jewish state personified, lamenting its affliction ( ; compare ). at my very heart — Hebrew, "at the walls of my heart"; the muscles round the heart. There is a climax, the "bowels," the pericardium, the "heart" itself. maketh . . . noise —moaneth [HENDERSON ]. alarm

‏ Jeremiah 4:19

19. The prophet suddenly assumes the language of the Jewish state personified, lamenting its affliction (Jer 10:19, 20; 9:1, 10; Isa 15:5; compare Lu 19:41).

at my very heart—Hebrew, "at the walls of my heart"; the muscles round the heart. There is a climax, the "bowels," the pericardium, the "heart" itself.

maketh . . . noise—moaneth [HENDERSON].

alarm—the battle shout.