Jeremiah 14:2 ““Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, an…”

Jeremiah 14:2

“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

World English Bible

“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.

American Standard Version

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Geneva Bible 1599

Iudah hath mourned, and the gates thereof are desolate, they haue bene brought to heauinesse vnto the grounde, and the cry of Ierusalem goeth vp.

Darby Translation

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

Young's Literal Translation

Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

Bible in Basic English

Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

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Cross references

“mourneth”

Isaiah 3:26 Jeremiah 4:28 Jeremiah 12:4 Hosea 4:3 Joel 1:10

Isaiah 3:26 · BSB

And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

Jeremiah 4:28 · BSB

Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

Jeremiah 12:4 · BSB

How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

Hosea 4:3 · BSB

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

Joel 1:10 · BSB

The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

“the gates”

Isaiah 24:4 Isaiah 24:7 Isaiah 33:9

Isaiah 24:4 · BSB

The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

Isaiah 24:7 · BSB

The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

Isaiah 33:9 · BSB

The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

“they”

Jeremiah 8:21 Lamentations 2:9 Lamentations 5:10 Joel 2:6 Lamentations 4:8 Lamentations 4:9

Jeremiah 8:21 · BSB

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

Lamentations 2:9 · BSB

Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Lamentations 5:10 · BSB

Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

Joel 2:6 · BSB

Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.

Lamentations 4:8 · BSB

But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

Lamentations 4:9 · BSB

Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

“the cry”

1 Samuel 5:12 Zechariah 7:13 Jeremiah 11:11 Jeremiah 18:22 Exodus 2:24 1 Samuel 9:16

1 Samuel 5:12 · BSB

Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

Zechariah 7:13 · BSB

And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 11:11 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 18:22 · BSB

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Exodus 2:24 · BSB

So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 Samuel 9:16 · BSB

“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

3The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

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