Jeremiah 14:19

Translations

Modern

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Traditional

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Literal

Have you completely rejected Judah? Or has Your soul abhorred Zion? Why did You strike us and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, and there was no good; and for the time of healing, and there was terror!

Latin

Numquid projiciens abjecisti Judam? aut Sion abominata est anima tua? quare ergo percussisti nos ita ut nulla sit sanitas? Exspectavimus pacem, et non est bonum: et tempus curationis, et ecce turbatio.

Original

Hebrew

English

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Notes

Jeremiah 14:19–22

Even though the Lord commanded otherwise (Jeremiah 14:11), Jeremiah prayed for God to lessen the current disaster and the worse one ahead.

Jeremiah 14:1–22

This chapter is a conversation between the Lord, Jeremiah, and the people. It began because a severe drought affected the land.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Lamentations 5:22
…unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Jeremiah 6:30
They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Job 30:26
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
Jeremiah 30:13
There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
2 Kings 17:19–20
…and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
Psalm 78:59
On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
Jeremiah 12:8
My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Zechariah 11:8–9
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Parallels

Isaiah 63:15–19

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Diseases: Frequently: Incurable Famine: Sent As a Judgment Intercession: Additional Instances of Jeremiah, for Israel Time: Particular Periods of, Mentioned: The Time of Healing

Jeremiah 14:19

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