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Jeremiah 14:2

World English Bible

“Judah mourns,
and its gates languish.
They sit in black on the ground.
The cry of Jerusalem goes up.

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Jeremiah 14:2 in other translations

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Jeremiah 14:2 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 14:2 in context

  1. 1This is Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
  2. 2“Judah mourns,
    and its gates languish.
    They sit in black on the ground.
    The cry of Jerusalem goes up.
  3. 3Their nobles send their little ones to the waters.
    They come to the cisterns,
    and find no water.
    They return with their vessels empty.
    They are disappointed and confounded,
    and cover their heads.
  4. 4Because of the ground which is cracked,
    because no rain has been in the land,
    the plowmen are disappointed.
    They cover their heads.