Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they lie grieved on the ground; and the distressed cry of Jerusalem ascendeth upward.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:12And the people that did not die were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the lamentation of the city went up to heaven.
Job 34:28Bringing before them the cry of the indigent, and the cry of the afflicted which he had to hear.
Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he hoped for justice, but behold injustice; for equity, but behold iniquity.
Isaiah 24:4The land mourneth, withereth away, the world languishes, withereth away, the high ones of the people of the land do languish.
Isaiah 24:11A [painful] cry for wine is in the streets; darkened is all joy; banished is the mirth of the land.
Jeremiah 4:28For this shall mourn the earth, and black shall be the heavens above; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I will not repent, and I will not turn back 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 →