Jeremiah 8:19 “Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “…”

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

World English Bible

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t the LORD in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”

American Standard Version

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?

Geneva Bible 1599

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people for feare of them of a farre countrey, Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why haue they prouoked mee to anger with their grauen images, and with the vanities of a strange god?

Darby Translation

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, from a very far country: Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities?

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?

Bible in Basic English

The voice of the cry of the daughter of my people comes from a far land: Is the Lord not in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they made me angry with their images and their strange gods which are no gods?

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Cross references

“the voice”

Isaiah 39:3 Isaiah 13:5 Jeremiah 4:16 Jeremiah 4:17 Jeremiah 4:30 Jeremiah 4:31

Isaiah 39:3 · BSB

Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

Isaiah 13:5 · BSB

They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.

Jeremiah 4:16 · BSB

Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 4:17 · BSB

They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 4:30 · BSB

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you…

Jeremiah 4:31 · BSB

For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the mu…

“the Lord”

Revelation 2:1 Jeremiah 14:19 Jeremiah 31:6 Psalm 135:21 Isaiah 12:6 Isaiah 52:1

Revelation 2:1 · BSB

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

Jeremiah 14:19 · BSB

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Jeremiah 31:6 · BSB

For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”

Psalm 135:21 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

Isaiah 12:6 · BSB

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 52:1 · BSB

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

“her king”

Psalm 146:10 Psalm 149:2 Isaiah 33:22

Psalm 146:10 · BSB

The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!

Psalm 149:2 · BSB

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

Isaiah 33:22 · BSB

For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

“Why”

Deuteronomy 32:16–21 Isaiah 1:4 Jeremiah 8:5 Jeremiah 8:6

Deuteronomy 32:16–21 · BSB

They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

Isaiah 1:4 · BSB

Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

Jeremiah 8:5 · BSB

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:6 · BSB

I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

Also

Jeremiah 9:16

Jeremiah 9:16 · BSB

I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

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

In context

18My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

20“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”

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