Verse 2
Jeremiah 14:2
World English Bible, British Edition
2
“Judah mourns,
and its gates languish.
They sit in black on the ground.
The cry of Jerusalem goes up.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָבְלָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה וּ/שְׁעָרֶ֥י/הָ אֻמְלְל֖וּ קָדְר֣וּ לָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/צִוְחַ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם עָלָֽתָה
English Translation
Judah is in mourning, and its gates are desolate; they have sunk into the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem has risen.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 14 Context
1
This is the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
Focus ↗
2
“Judah mourns,
and its gates languish.
They sit in black on the ground.
The cry of Jerusalem goes up...
3
Their nobles send their little ones to the waters.
They come to the cisterns,
and find no water.
The...
Focus ↗
4
Because of the ground which is cracked,
because no rain has been in the land,
the ploughmen are disa...
Focus ↗
5
Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young,
because there is no grass.
Focus ↗
6
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights.
They pant for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail,
because...
Focus ↗
7
Though our iniquities testify against us,
work for your name’s sake, LORD;
for our rebellions are ma...
Focus ↗
8
You hope of Israel,
its Saviour in the time of trouble,
why should you be as a foreigner in the land...
Focus ↗
9
Why should you be like a scared man,
as a mighty man who can’t save?
Yet you, LORD, are in the middl...
Focus ↗
10
The LORD says to this people:
“Even so they have loved to wander.
They have not restrained their fee...
Focus ↗
11
The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.
Focus ↗
12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt
offering and meal offering, I w...
Focus ↗
13
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets tell them,
‘You will not see the sword, neither wil...
Focus ↗
14
Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my
name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t comma...
Focus ↗
15
Therefore the LORD says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my
name, but I didn’t send them, yet...
Focus ↗
16
The people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of
Jerusalem because of the famine...
Focus ↗
17
“You shall say this word to them:
“‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not...
Focus ↗
18
If I go out into the field,
then behold, the slain with the sword!
If I enter into the city,
then be...
Focus ↗
19
Have you utterly rejected Judah?
Has your soul loathed Zion?
Why have you struck us, and there is no...
Focus ↗
20
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness,
and the iniquity of our fathers;
for we have sinned against yo...
Focus ↗
21
Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake.
Do not disgrace the throne of your glory.
Remember, and don’t...
Focus ↗
22
Are there any amongst the vanities of the nations that can cause
rain?
Or can the sky give showers?...
Focus ↗