Jeremiah 14:17
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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.You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
In other translations
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.You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
Hebrew words
וְאָמַרְתָּve'amartaand you will speakH559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַדָּבָרhadavarthe wordH1697הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088תֵּרַדְנָהteradnahlet them run downH3381עֵינַי'einaieyes myH5869דִּמְעָהdim'ahtear[s]H1832לַיְלָהlaylahnightH3915וְיוֹמָםveyomamand by dayH3119וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408תִּדְמֶינָהtidmeinahthey ceaseH1820כִּיkiforH3588שֶׁבֶרshevera breakingH7667גָּדוֹלgadolgreatH1419נִשְׁבְּרָהnishberahshe has been brokenH7665בְּתוּלַתbetulat[the] virgin ofH1330בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971מַכָּהmakaha woundH4347נַחְלָהnachlahmade sickH2470מְאֹד׃me'odveryH3966
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 8:21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
- Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Lamentations 2:13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
- Lamentations 1:15-1615 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. 16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.15 The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah. 16 For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
- Micah 6:13Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
- Isaiah 37:22This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Lamentations 2:18Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
- Jeremiah 10:19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
- Psalm 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
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