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I cannot stop weeping, for my virgin daughter—my precious people— has been struck down and lies mortally wounded. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> “You shall say to them this word: ‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound, with a very grievous blow. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/14.htm">New King James Version</a> “Therefore you shall say this word to them: ‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “You will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes stream down tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You will say this word to them, &#8216Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And you will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And you will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease, For the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered with a mighty shattering, With a sorely sick wound. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Therefore [Jeremiah] you will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them never cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a great blow, With a very serious and severely infected wound. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may they not stop, for my dearest people have been destroyed by a crushing blow, an extremely severe wound. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may they not stop, for the virgin daughter of my people has been destroyed by a great disaster, an extremely severe wound. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jeremiah, go and tell the people how you feel about all this. So I told them: "Tears will flood my eyes both day and night, because my nation suffers from a deadly wound. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Say this to them: 'My eyes flow with tears day and night without stopping because my dear people will suffer massive destruction. It will be a very serious blow.'" <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD commanded me to tell the people about my sorrow and to say: "May my eyes flow with tears day and night, may I never stop weeping, for my people are deeply wounded and are badly hurt. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> "And deliver this message to them: 'Let tears run down my face, night and day, and don't let them stop, because my virgin daughter—my people— will be broken with a powerful blow, with a severe wound. <a href="/net/jeremiah/14.htm">NET Bible</a> "Tell these people this, Jeremiah: 'My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "You shall say this word to them, 'Let my 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. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore thou shalt say this word to them; Let my 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.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/jeremiah/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/14.htm">World English Bible</a> “You shall say this word to them: “‘Let my 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you have said this word to them: Tears come down my eyes night and day, "" And they do not cease, "" For [with] a great breach, "" The virgin daughter of my people has been broken, "" A very grievous stroke. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, with a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And say to them this word: Mine eyes shall bring down tears night and day, and they shall not rest: for the virgin daughter of my people was broken with a great breaking, a very sickly wound.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou shalt speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with a great affliction, with an exceeding grievous evil. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed tears throughout the night and day, and let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed by a great affliction, by a very grievous wound.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Bible</a> Speak to them this word: Let my eyes stream with tears night and day, without rest, Over the great destruction which overwhelms the virgin daughter of my people, over her incurable wound. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall say to them this word: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter—my people—is struck down with a crushing blow, with a very grievous wound.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore you shall say this word to them: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a terrible defeat; she is smitten with a very grievous wound. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And speak to them this statement: “Tears shall run down my eyes by day and by night, and they shall not stop, because in that great ruin, the virgin daughter of my people was broken by a blow and severe pain!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 blow. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And thou shalt speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4350" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence</a> …16And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them. 17<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">You are to speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">word</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">to them:</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nay (N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">‘My eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: tê·raḏ·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To come or go down, descend. ">overflow</a> <a href="/hebrew/1832.htm" title="1832: dim·‘āh (N-fs) -- Tears (of one weeping). Feminine of dema'; weeping.">with tears;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3119.htm" title="3119: wə·yō·w·mām (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Daytime, by day. From yowm; daily.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: lay·lāh (N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">and night</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: wə·’al- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">they do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1820.htm" title="1820: tiḏ·me·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- A primitive root; to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. To destroy.">cease,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1330.htm" title="1330: bə·ṯū·laṯ (N-fsc) -- Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin; sometimes a bride; also a city or state.">the virgin</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of my people</a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: še·ḇer (N-ms) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">has been shattered</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">by a crushing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: niš·bə·rāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">blow,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">a severely</a> <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm" title="2470: naḥ·lāh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence to be weak, sick, afflicted; or to grieve, make sick; also to stroke, entreat.">grievous</a> <a href="/hebrew/4347.htm" title="4347: mak·kāh (N-fs) -- A blow, wound, slaughter. Or makkeh; from nakah; a blow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence.">wound.</a> 18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/lamentations/1-16.htm">Lamentations 1:16</a> 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. <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Lamentations 2:11</a> My 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. <a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Isaiah 22:4</a> Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.” <a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/24-16.htm">Ezekiel 24:16-18</a> “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow. / Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.” / So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded. <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a> My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Isaiah 16:9</a> So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest. <a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13-14</a> Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. / Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16-17</a> Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD. <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a> Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son. <a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10-11</a> In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” / And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— <a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a> Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore you shall say this word to them; Let my 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.let mine.<a href="/jeremiah/8-18.htm">Jeremiah 8:18,21</a> When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me… <a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a> Oh 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!<a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17</a> But 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.for.<a href="/isaiah/37-22.htm">Isaiah 37:22</a> This 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.<a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm">Lamentations 1:15</a> 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.<a href="/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13</a> What 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?with a very.<a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Jeremiah 30:14,15</a> All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased… <a href="/psalms/39-10.htm">Psalm 39:10</a> Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.<a href="/micah/6-13.htm">Micah 6:13</a> Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Grievous</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Night</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Run</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Tears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Virgin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Word</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-12.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Grievous</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-13.htm">Night</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-14.htm">Run</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-16.htm">Tears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-13.htm">Virgin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Word</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Wound</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 14</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">The grievous famine,</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">causes Jeremiah to pray.</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">The Lord will not be entreated for the people.</a> 13. <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">false prophets are no excuse for them.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>You are to speak this word to them: This directive is given to Jeremiah, emphasizing his role as a prophet who must deliver God's message to the people of Judah. The phrase underscores the authority and responsibility of the prophet to communicate divine revelation, regardless of its content. This mirrors the role of prophets throughout the Old Testament, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, who were also tasked with delivering difficult messages to God's people.My eyes overflow with tears; This expression of deep sorrow and lamentation reflects God's compassion and grief over the impending judgment on Judah. It highlights the emotional aspect of God's relationship with His people, showing that divine justice is not devoid of divine empathy. This imagery is reminiscent of Jesus weeping over Jerusalem in <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41</a>, illustrating a continuity of God's heart for His people.day and night they do not cease, The unceasing nature of the tears signifies the relentless and overwhelming nature of the coming judgment. It also reflects the continuous intercession and mourning that Jeremiah, as a prophet, experiences on behalf of the people. This can be connected to the concept of persistent prayer and intercession found in <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-17.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:17</a>, where believers are encouraged to "pray without ceasing."for the virgin daughter of my people The term "virgin daughter" is a poetic expression used to describe the nation of Judah, emphasizing purity and the special relationship between God and His people. It conveys a sense of innocence lost and the tragedy of impending destruction. This imagery is used elsewhere in the prophets, such as in <a href="/isaiah/37-22.htm">Isaiah 37:22</a>, to denote the beloved status of Jerusalem and Judah.has been shattered by a crushing blow, This phrase indicates the severity of the judgment that has befallen Judah, likened to a devastating and irreversible blow. It reflects the consequences of the nation's persistent sin and rebellion against God. The imagery of a "crushing blow" is often used in prophetic literature to describe divine judgment, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a>.a severely grievous wound. The description of the wound as "severely grievous" underscores the depth of the nation's suffering and the seriousness of their spiritual condition. It suggests a wound that is not easily healed, pointing to the need for repentance and divine intervention. This can be seen as a type of the ultimate healing that comes through Christ, who bore our wounds and transgressions, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. He is often called the "weeping prophet" due to his deep emotional connection to the suffering of his people. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_virgin_daughter_of_my_people.htm">The Virgin Daughter of My People</a> This phrase symbolizes the nation of Judah, often depicted as a young, vulnerable woman in prophetic literature. It emphasizes the purity and innocence that has been lost due to sin and rebellion. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which faced destruction and exile due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_mighty_blow.htm">The Mighty Blow</a> Represents the severe judgment and calamity that has befallen Judah, often interpreted as the Babylonian invasion and subsequent exile. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_sorely_infected_wound.htm">The Sorely Infected Wound</a> Symbolizes the deep spiritual and moral corruption of the people, which has led to their downfall and suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_heart_of_a_prophet.htm">The Heart of a Prophet</a> Jeremiah's tears reflect God's own sorrow over sin and its consequences. As believers, we are called to share in God's compassion for the lost and broken. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> The imagery of a "mighty blow" and "sorely infected wound" serves as a stark reminder of the destructive power of sin. We must take sin seriously and seek repentance. <a href="/topical/g/god's_relentless_love.htm">God's Relentless Love</a> Despite the judgment, God's message through Jeremiah is ultimately one of hope and restoration. God's love for His people remains steadfast, even in times of discipline. <a href="/topical/i/intercessory_prayer.htm">Intercessory Prayer</a> Jeremiah's response to the plight of his people encourages us to engage in intercessory prayer, pleading for God's mercy and intervention in the lives of those who are far from Him. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vigilance.htm">Spiritual Vigilance</a> The passage calls us to remain vigilant in our spiritual walk, recognizing the subtle ways in which sin can infect and destroy our relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 14</a> <a href="/q/do_jer_42's_promises_conflict_with_jer_43.htm">Do the promises in Jer 42 about the safety of the remnant conflict with the calamities in Jer 43?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_god's_promises_in_the_bible.htm">What are God's promises in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_nehemiah_use_force_in_13_25.htm">Why does Nehemiah resort to physical force (Nehemiah 13:25) to enforce marriage laws, and doesn't this contradict other scriptures urging gentleness and compassion?</a> <a href="/q/why_isn't_jephthah's_act_condemned.htm">Judges 11:34-39: If Jephthah's daughter was actually sacrificed, why is there no explicit condemnation of this act elsewhere in Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) Thou shalt say this word.--Though not in form a prediction, no words could express more emphatically the terrible nature of the judgments implied in the preceding verse. The language (in part a reproduction of <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm" title="But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.">Jeremiah 13:17</a>) is all but identical with that which recurs again and again in the Lamentations (<a href="/jeremiah/1-16.htm" title="And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.">Jeremiah 1:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm" title="Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.">Jeremiah 2:11</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm" title="And now what have you to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what have you to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?">Jeremiah 2:18</a>), and may be looked upon as the germ of which those elegies of woe were the development.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 17-21. - The prophet's grief, and second intercession. Verse 17. - Therefore thou shalt say, etc. There is something strange and contrary to verisimilitude in the prefixing of this formula, not to a Divine revelation, but to a mere expression of the pained human feelings of the prophet. It is possible that the editor of Jeremiah's prophecies thought the paragraph which begins here needed something to link it with the preceding passage, and selected his formula rather unsuitably. Let mine eyes run down, etc. (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a>). Jeremiah's tender compassion shows itself in his choice of the expression, the virgin daughter of my people, just as we feel an added bitterness in the premature death of a cherished maiden. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You are to speak וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say this הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that word הַדָּבָ֣ר (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause to them: אֲלֵיהֶם֙ (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to “My eyes עֵינַ֥י (‘ê·nay) Noun - cdc | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain overflow תֵּרַ֨דְנָה (tê·raḏ·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend with tears; דִּמְעָ֛ה (dim·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1832.htm">Strong's 1832: </a> Tears (of one weeping) day וְיוֹמָ֖ם (wə·yō·w·mām) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3119.htm">Strong's 3119: </a> Daytime, by day and night לַ֥יְלָה (lay·lāh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> A twist, night, adversity they do not וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not cease, תִּדְמֶ֑ינָה (tiḏ·me·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1820.htm">Strong's 1820: </a> To be dumb, silent, to fail, perish, trans, to destroy for כִּי֩ (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the virgin בְּתוּלַת֙ (bə·ṯū·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1330.htm">Strong's 1330: </a> A virgin, sometimes, a bride daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of my people עַמִּ֔י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock has been shattered שֶׁ֨בֶר (še·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> To break, break in pieces by a crushing גָּד֜וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent blow, נִשְׁבְּרָ֗ה (niš·bə·rāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7667.htm">Strong's 7667: </a> A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash a severely מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily grievous נַחְלָ֥ה (naḥ·lāh) Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> To be weak or sick wound. מַכָּ֖ה (mak·kāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4347.htm">Strong's 4347: </a> A wound, carnage, pestilence <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 14:17 You shall say this word to them (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>