Jeremiah 14:2
Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
1And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:12For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those who lived and died not were smitten with emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
Job 34:28So as to bring before him the cry of the needy; 1 For he will hear the cry of the poor. 1
Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.
Isaiah 24:4The earth mourns, and the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning.
Isaiah 24:11There is a howling for the wine everywhere; all the mirth of the land has ceased, all the mirth of the land has departed.
Jeremiah 4:28For these things let the earth mourn, and let the sky be dark above: for I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, 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 →