Jeremiah 4:17-19

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁷ They have closed in around her like watchers of a field,
    because she has rebelled against me,
says the Lord.
¹⁸ Your ways and your doings
    have brought this upon you.
This is your doom; how bitter it is!
    It has reached your very heart.’

¹⁹ My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
    Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
    I cannot keep silent;
for I^[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
    the alarm of war.