Jeremiah 6:11Therefore I am full of the wrath of Yahweh. I am weary with holding in. "Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
The setting
Jerusalem, 627-586 BC. The final decades before Babylon destroys the city. Jeremiah walks streets seeing corruption everywhere...
The emotion here: exhausted from carrying divine burden
The original word
yāga' (יגע) — weary from physical and emotional exhaustion, bone-deep tired
Why it matters
Jeremiah prophesied for 40 years, watching his warnings ignored while the nation crumbled
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 6:11
This isn't righteous anger — it's a prophet at his breaking point, exhausted from carrying God's burden
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about human anger, but Jeremiah is literally filled with God's wrath — he's a vessel carrying divine emotion that's too heavy for him to bear alone.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 6:11
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 6:11 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 6:11 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Jeremiah. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the psalm genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine wrath, prophetic burden, emotional overflow. Notable phrases: full of the wrath; weary with holding in; pour it out. This verse is a prayer.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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