Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? and has thy soul departed from Zion? wherefore hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
20We know, O Lord, our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before thee.
Cross References
2 Kings 17:19Nay even Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practiced, and rejected the Lord.
Job 30:26But I, when I waited for good things, 1 Behold, days of evils came the more upon me. 1
Psalms 80:12But my people hearkened not to my voice; 1 And Israel gave no heed to me. 1
Proverbs 29:1A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: 1 For when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy. 1
Jeremiah 7:29Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on thy lips; for the Lord has reprobated and rejected the generation that does these things.
Jeremiah 8:22And is there no balm in Gilead, or is there no physician there? why has not the healing of the daughter of my people taken place?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:18-22
The Prophet's Intercession. ( b. c. 606.) 17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?… Read the whole commentary →