KJV King James Version
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
ASV American Standard Version
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 14
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 there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.
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אָבְלָ֣הH56 · a.valto mournיְהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָH8179 · sha.argateאֻמְלְל֖וּH535 · a.malto weakenקָדְר֣וּH6937 · qa.darbe darkלָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְצִוְחַ֥תH6682 · tse.va.chahoutcryיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemעָלָֽתָה׃H5927 · a.lahto ascend: rise
Cross-references
Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.Jeremiah 8:21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.1 Samuel 5:12And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.Zechariah 7:13Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:Lamentations 4:8-9Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.Jeremiah 11:11Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.Job 34:28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.Hosea 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.Lamentations 5:10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.Jeremiah 4:28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken [it], I have purposed [it], and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.Exodus 2:24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.Joel 1:10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.Isaiah 33:9The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.Lamentations 2:9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes [are] among the Gentiles: the law [is] no [more]; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
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