Jeremiah 14:2
“Judah has mourned, and her gates have languished, || They have mourned to the earth, || And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
1That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the scarcities:
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:12and the men who have not died have been struck with lumps, and the cry of the city goes up into the heavens.
Job 34:28To cause to come to Him || The cry of the poor, || And He hears the cry of the afflicted.
Isaiah 5:7Because the vineyard of YHWH of Hosts || [Is] the house of Israel, || And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, || And He waits for judgment, and behold, oppression, || For righteousness, and behold, a cry.
Isaiah 24:4The earth has mourned, faded, || The world has languished, faded, || They have languished—the high place of the people of the earth.
Isaiah 24:11In out-places [is] a cry over the wine, || All joy has been darkened, || The joy of the land has been removed.
Jeremiah 4:28For this the earth mourns, || And the heavens above have been black, || Because I have spoken—I have purposed, || And I have not relented, || Nor do I 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 →