Jeremiah 8:19

Behold, there is a sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off: Is not the Lord in Zion? is there not a king there? because they have provoked me with their graven images, and with strange vanities.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

In Context

18mortally with the pain of your distressed heart.

20The summer is gone, the harvest is past, and we are not saved.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:17And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.

Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God, 1 They have exasperated me with their idols; 1 And I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, 1 I will anger them with a nation void of understanding. 1

Psalms 137:1A Psalm for David, of Haggai and Zechariah. 1 I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; 1 And I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; 1 For thou hast heard all the words of my mouth. 1

Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him; 1 And let the children of Zion exult in their king. 1

Isaiah 12:6Exalt and rejoice, ye that dwell in Zion: for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst of her.

Isaiah 33:22For my God is great: the Lord our judge shall not pass me by: the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, he shall save us.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:14-22

Destruction Threatened for Sin; Despair of Sinners in Trouble; The Prophet's Lamentation. ( b. c. 606.) 13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord : there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have… Read the whole commentary →

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