2"Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.


In Context

1 This is the word of the Lord to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

2 "Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads.

4 The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.

Jeremiah 14:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:2Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:2Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.