Jeremiah 14:17
What does Jeremiah 14:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 14:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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 · 1611Therefore 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 · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, <FI>with<Fi> a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou shalt speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with a great affliction, with an exceeding grievous evil.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
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.
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