Verse 17

Jeremiah 14:17

English Revised Version

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17 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֤ אֲלֵי/הֶם֙ אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֔ה תֵּרַ֨דְנָה עֵינַ֥/י דִּמְעָ֛ה לַ֥יְלָה וְ/יוֹמָ֖ם וְ/אַל תִּדְמֶ֑ינָה כִּי֩ שֶׁ֨בֶר גָּד֜וֹל נִשְׁבְּרָ֗ה בְּתוּלַת֙ בַּת עַמִּ֔/י מַכָּ֖ה נַחְלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד

English Translation

And you shall say to them, "This matter will cause my eyes to shed tears night and day, and do not let them be silent because a great shattering has been shattered in the virgin daughter of my people; a very great blow."

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Chapter 14 Context

1 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Je... Focus ↗

2 And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the pits, and find no water; the... Focus ↗

3 Because of the ground which is chapt, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are ashame... Focus ↗

4 Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass. Focus ↗

5 And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, becau... Focus ↗

6 Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O LORD: for our backsliding... Focus ↗

7 O thou hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojour... Focus ↗

8 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in... Focus ↗

9 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained the... Focus ↗

10 And the LORD said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. Focus ↗

11 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and oblation, I will n... Focus ↗

12 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither s... Focus ↗

13 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I c... Focus ↗

14 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not,... Focus ↗

15 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the fa... Focus ↗

16 And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let the... Focus ↗

17 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, th...

18 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is... Focus ↗

19 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against... Focus ↗

20 Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not t... Focus ↗

21 Are there any among the vanities of the heathen that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 14 (21 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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