“Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.”
Jeremiah's lament: '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."' This verse presents Jeremiah's personal response: he laments his 'injury' (wound) and acknowledges its incurability. The statement 'This is my sickness, and I must endure it' suggests acceptance of the unbearable burden. Theologically, this verse indicates the prophet's identification with the coming catastrophe: the injury and wound are his as well as the people's.
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