Devine Scripture

Jeremiah 14:17

Jeremiah chapter 14 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

Context

v.16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them—them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

v.17This passage

v.18If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 6:13

    Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.

  • Jeremiah 8:18

    Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

  • Lamentations 1:15

    The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.

  • Jeremiah 8:21

    For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.

  • Jeremiah 30:14

    All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased.

  • Psalms 119:136

    Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law. צ TSADHE.