Jeremiah 14:17

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“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And 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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 14:17 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
  2. Psalms 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
  3. Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
  4. Isaiah 37:22this 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.
  5. Jeremiah 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
  6. Jeremiah 8:21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
  7. Jeremiah 9:1Oh, 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.
  8. Jeremiah 10:19Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
  9. Jeremiah 13:17But 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.
  10. Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
  11. Lamentations 1:15The 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.
  12. Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
  13. Lamentations 2:13What 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?
  14. Lamentations 2:18The 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.
  15. Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  16. Amos 5:2“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
  17. Micah 6:13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.

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