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Jeremiah 14

Jer. 14:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
mourneth
'abal (Hebrew #56)
to bewail
KJV usage: lament, mourn.
Pronounce: aw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the gates
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
f thereof languish
'amal (Hebrew #535)
to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
KJV usage: languish, be weak, wax feeble.
Pronounce: aw-mal'
Origin: a primitive root
; they are black
qadar (Hebrew #6937)
to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
KJV usage: be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), X heavily, (cause to) mourn.
Pronounce: kaw-dar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the ground
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
; and the cry
tsvachah (Hebrew #6682)
from 6681; a screech (of anguish): --cry(-ing).
Pronounce: tsev-aw-khaw'
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
is gone up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 3:26• 26and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground. (Isa. 3:26)
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Lam. 2:9• 9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah. (Lam. 2:9)
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Ministry on This Verse

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mourneth.
Jer. 4:28• 28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back therefrom. (Jer. 4:28)
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Jer. 12:4• 4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end. (Jer. 12:4)
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Isa. 3:26• 26and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground. (Isa. 3:26)
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Hos. 4:3• 3For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. (Hos. 4:3)
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Joel 1:10• 10The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. (Joel 1:10)
the gates.
Isa. 24:4,7• 4The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
 7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh; (Isa. 24:4,7)
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Isa. 33:9• 9The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped. (Isa. 33:9)
they.
Jer. 8:21• 21--For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me. (Jer. 8:21)
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Lam. 2:9• 9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah. (Lam. 2:9)
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Lam. 4:8‑9• 8Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.
 9The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. (Lam. 4:8‑9)
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Lam. 5:10• 10Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine. (Lam. 5:10)
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Joel 2:6• 6Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale. (Joel 2:6)
the cry.
Jer. 11:11• 11Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon them, from which they shall not be able to escape; and they will cry unto me, and I will not hearken unto them. (Jer. 11:11)
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Jer. 18:22• 22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and have hidden snares for my feet. (Jer. 18:22)
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Ex. 2:24• 24and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob; (Ex. 2:24)
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1 Sam. 5:12• 12and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the cry of the city went up to heaven. (1 Sam. 5:12)
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1 Sam. 9:16• 16To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him prince over my people Israel; and he will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. (1 Sam. 9:16)
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Job 34:28• 28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. (Job 34:28)
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Isa. 5:7• 7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:7)
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Isa. 15:5• 5My heart crieth out for Moab; their fugitives have fled unto Zoar, unto Eglath-Shelishijah: for by the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. (Isa. 15:5)
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Zech. 7:13• 13And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts; (Zech. 7:13)
• {v.2-6} It is ... quite in harmony with His ways that we find the people of Judah in great distress for lack of food and water. The real famine was within. The outward misery was but the reflection of the moral state. Deeply touching, and highly poetical too, is the seer’s description of the desolation wrought in the land. (“Chapter 7” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

W. Kelly Translation

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Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.