Jeremiah 14:2
Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1The Word of the Lord that came to Jeremias concerning the words of the drought.
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:12For there was the fear of death in every city, and the hand of God was exceeding heavy. The men also that did not die, were afflicted with the emerods: and the cry of every city went up to heaven.
Job 34:28So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.
Isaiah 5:7dummy verses inserted by amos
Isaiah 24:4The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.
Isaiah 24:11There shall be a crying for wine in the streets: all mirth is forsaken: the joy of the earth is gone away.
Jeremiah 4:28The earth shall mourn, and the heavens shall lament from above: because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I have not repented, neither am I turned away from it.
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 →