Jeremiah 14:2
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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1The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:12And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.
Job 34:28So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
Isaiah 5:7For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
Isaiah 24:4The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.
Isaiah 24:11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.
Jeremiah 4:28The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:2-10
Lamentation Caused by a Great Drought; Prayer for Mercy; Pleading with God. ( b. c. 606.) 1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for… Read the whole commentary →