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All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Judah mourns, and her gates languish; her people lament on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Judah mourns And her gates languish; <i>Her people sit</i> on the ground in mourning garments, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Judah mourns And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the outcry of Jerusalem has gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning <i>clothes</i> And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Judah mourns; her city gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Judah mourns; her gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem&#8217s cry rises up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Judah mourns; its gates fall apart. The people of Judah sit in mourning on the ground. Their cry goes up from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Judah is in mourning; its cities are dying, its people lie on the ground in sorrow, and Jerusalem cries out for help. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Judah mourns, and her gates languish. The people mourn for the land, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Judah has mourned, and her gates have languished, "" They have mourned to the earth, "" And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Judah mourned and her gates languished; they were darkened to the earth, and the outcry of Jerusalem went up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Judea has mourned. And its gates have fallen and become hard to discern on the ground. And the outcry of Jerusalem has ascended.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Judah mourns, her gates are lifeless; They are bowed to the ground, and the outcry of Jerusalem goes up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Judah mourns and her gates languish; they lie in gloom on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Judah mourns and her gates are desolate; they are fallen on the ground, and the painful cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Yehuda is destroyed and its gates are desolate, and they fell on the ground and the outcry of Jerusalem went up<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, They bow down in black unto the ground; And the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4153" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">“Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/56.htm" title="56: ’ā·ḇə·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To mourn. A primitive root; to bewail.">mourns</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: ū·šə·‘ā·re·hā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">and her gates</a> <a href="/hebrew/535.htm" title="535: ’um·lə·lū (V-Pual-Perf-3cp) -- To be weak, languish. A primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn.">languish.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6937.htm" title="6937: qā·ḏə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be dark. A primitive root; to be ashy, i.e. Dark-colored; by implication, to mourn.">Her people wail</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">for the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6682.htm" title="6682: wə·ṣiw·ḥaṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- An outcry. From tsavach; a screech.">and a cry</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lā·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">goes up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">from Jerusalem.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3-4</a></span><br />Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress. / The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-12</a></span><br />The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm">Isaiah 3:26</a></span><br />And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a></span><br />I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-14.htm">Zechariah 7:14</a></span><br />But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Ezekiel 7:27</a></span><br />The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4</a></span><br />The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a></span><br />Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8-9</a></span><br />Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. / For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Isaiah 33:9</a></span><br />The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />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! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10-11</a></span><br />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—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-2.htm">Romans 9:2-3</a></span><br />I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. / For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-2</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.</p><p class="hdg">mourneth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Jeremiah 4:28</a></b></br> For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken <i>it</i>, I have purposed <i>it</i>, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a></b></br> How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm">Isaiah 3:26</a></b></br> And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she <i>being</i> desolate shall sit upon the ground.</p><p class="hdg">the gates.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4,7</a></b></br> The earth mourneth <i>and</i> fadeth away, the world languisheth <i>and</i> fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Isaiah 33:9</a></b></br> The earth mourneth <i>and</i> languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed <i>and</i> hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off <i>their fruits</i>.</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Jeremiah 8:21</a></b></br> For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-9.htm">Lamentations 2:9</a></b></br> Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes <i>are</i> among the Gentiles: the law <i>is</i> no <i>more</i>; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Lamentations 4:8,9</a></b></br> Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick… </p><p class="hdg">the cry.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Jeremiah 11:11</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-22.htm">Jeremiah 18:22</a></b></br> Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24</a></b></br> And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/30-4.htm">Ascended</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Black</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-10.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-17.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Languish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Mourneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Mourns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-18.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-18.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">Ascended</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm">Black</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-9.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-20.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Languish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Mourneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Mourns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">The grievous famine,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">causes Jeremiah to pray.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">The Lord will not be entreated for the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">false prophets are no excuse for them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.</a></span><br></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'; 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Historically, this refers to the time when Judah faced severe drought and impending invasion by Babylon. Mourning in the biblical context often signifies not only physical suffering but also spiritual desolation. The people of Judah are experiencing the consequences of their disobedience to God, as outlined in the covenant curses of <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. This mourning can also be seen as a call to repentance, urging the nation to turn back to God.<p><b>and her gates languish.</b><br>The gates of a city in ancient times were central to its life and commerce, serving as places of gathering, judgment, and defense. The languishing of the gates symbolizes the breakdown of societal order and security. It indicates that the city is no longer vibrant or prosperous, reflecting the overall decline of the nation. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Lamentations 1:4</a>, where the roads to Zion mourn because no one comes to the appointed festivals. The gates' condition is a physical manifestation of the spiritual and moral decay of the people.<p><b>Her people wail for the land,</b><br>The wailing of the people signifies deep sorrow and desperation. The land, which was a gift from God and a sign of His covenant with Israel, is now suffering due to the people's unfaithfulness. This lamentation is not just for the physical land but also for the loss of God's favor and blessing. The connection to the land is deeply rooted in the identity of the Israelites, as seen in passages like <a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Leviticus 25:23</a>, where God declares the land is His and the people are merely sojourners.<p><b>and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.</b><br>Jerusalem, the spiritual and political center of Judah, is now a place of distress. The cry from Jerusalem represents the collective anguish of the nation. This cry can be seen as a plea for divine intervention, reminiscent of the cries of the Israelites in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-25</a>). Jerusalem's suffering foreshadows the coming destruction and exile, yet it also points to the hope of restoration, as prophesied in passages like <a href="/isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40:1-2</a>, where comfort is promised to God's people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. It was the center of Jewish worship and culture, with Jerusalem as its capital.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, significant for its religious and political importance. It was the location of the Temple, the center of Jewish worship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/gates.htm">Gates</a></b><br>In ancient cities, gates were not only entry points but also places of gathering, commerce, and legal matters. The languishing of the gates symbolizes the decline of societal and communal life.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mourning.htm">Mourning</a></b><br>A state of deep sorrow and lamentation, often expressed through physical actions such as sitting on the ground, wearing sackcloth, or weeping.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cry.htm">The Cry</a></b><br>Represents the collective lament and desperation of the people of Jerusalem, reaching up to God in their distress.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Judah's mourning and the languishing of her gates are direct results of the nation's sin and rebellion against God. This serves as a reminder of the serious consequences of turning away from God's commandments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The cry of Jerusalem going up signifies a desperate need for repentance and turning back to God. In times of distress, believers are called to examine their hearts and seek God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_leadership.htm">Community and Leadership</a></b><br>The state of the gates reflects the condition of leadership and community life. Strong, godly leadership is essential for the health and well-being of a society.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_despair.htm">Hope in Despair</a></b><br>Even in the midst of mourning and desolation, there is hope. The cry going up suggests that God hears the pleas of His people and is compassionate towards those who seek Him earnestly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prayer.htm">The Role of Prayer</a></b><br>The passage underscores the power of communal prayer and lamentation. Believers are encouraged to come together in prayer, especially in times of national or communal crisis.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_judah_resistance_in_daniel_1.htm">Why doesn't Daniel 1 mention any resistance from Judah's religious authorities against the Babylonian cultural assimilation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_forbid_intercession_here.htm">Jeremiah 14:11–12: Why would God forbid prayers of intercession, when other biblical passages encourage praying for others? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_walls_of_jerusalem.htm">What are the Walls of Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_drought_in_jeremiah_14_1-6.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6: Does any historical or archeological evidence confirm or challenge the account of a severe drought at that time?</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>(2) <span class= "bld">The gates thereof languish.</span>--The "gates" of the cities, as the chief places of concourse, like the <span class= "ital">agora </span>of Greek cities, are taken figuratively for the inhabitants, who in the "black" garments of sorrow and with the pallor of the famine, in which all faces gather blackness, are crouching upon the ground in their despair.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - The tenses in the following description should be perfects and presents; the Authorized Version, by its inconsistency, destroys the unity of the picture. <span class="cmt_word">The gates thereof</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the people assembled there. <span class="cmt_word">They are black unto the ground.</span> "To be black," in Hebrew, is "to be dressed in mourning" (so <span class="accented">e.g.</span>, <a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Psalm 35:14</a>, "I bowed down in black"). Here we must understand the same verb which is expressed in the psalm, "They bowed down in mourning attire to the ground." "Black," however, is not to be taken literally; it means rather "squalid, unwashed" (of garments). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mourns</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבְלָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bewail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and her gates</span><br /><span class="heb">וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·šə·‘ā·re·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">languish.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֻמְלְל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(’um·lə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_535.htm">Strong's 535: </a> </span><span class="str2">To droop, to be sick, to mourn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Her people] wail</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדְר֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6937.htm">Strong's 6937: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be ashy, darkcolored, to mourn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the land,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and a cry</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצִוְחַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣiw·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6682.htm">Strong's 6682: </a> </span><span class="str2">A screech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">goes up</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָֽתָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Jerusalem.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 14:2 Judah mourns and its gates languish they (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:3" /></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>