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Jeremiah 8:19

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?

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KJV 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?

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

WEB World English Bible

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: isn’t Yahweh in Zion? Isn’t her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign vanities?

ASV American Standard Version

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?

Surrounding context — Jeremiah 8

16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

18 [When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.

19 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?

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

21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

22 [Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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הִנֵּה־H2009 · hin.nehbehold ק֞וֹלH6963 · qolvoice שַֽׁוְעַ֣תH7775 · shav.ahcry בַּת־H1323 · batdaughter עַמִּ֗יH5971 · ampeople מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙H776 · e.retsland: country/planet מַרְחַקִּ֔יםH4801 · mer.chaqdistance הַֽיהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD אֵ֣יןH369 · a.yinnothing בְּצִיּ֔וֹןH6726 · tsiy.yonZion אִם־H518 · imif מַלְכָּ֖הּH4428 · me.lekhking אֵ֣יןH369 · a.yinnothing בָּ֑הּH9034 · haher מַדּ֗וּעַH4069 · mad.du.awhy?הִכְעִס֛וּנִיH3707 · ka.asto provoke בִּפְסִלֵיהֶ֖םH6456 · pe.silidol בְּהַבְלֵ֥יH1892 · he.velvanity נֵכָֽר׃H5236 · ne.kharforeign

Cross-references

Isaiah 39:3Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, [even] from Babylon.Isaiah 13:5They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.Revelation 2:1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.Isaiah 33:22For the LORD [is] our judge, the LORD [is] our lawgiver, the LORD [is] our king; he will save us.Deuteronomy 32:16-21They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger.Jeremiah 8:5-6Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.Obadiah 1:17But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.Psalm 146:10The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.Psalm 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.Jeremiah 4:16-17Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!Joel 2:32And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.Jeremiah 4:30-31And [when] thou [art] spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.Psalm 135:21Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.Joel 3:21For I will cleanse their blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

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