English Standard Version
Jeremiah 30:14
14All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you; for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant.
Jeremiah 30:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All your lovers have forgotten you; They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, With the chastisement of a cruel one, For the multitude of your iniquities, Because your sins have increased.
- New Living Translation (NLT)All your lovers—your allies—have left you and do not care about you anymore. I have wounded you cruelly, as though I were your enemy. For your sins are many, and your guilt is great.
Context of Jeremiah 30:14
12"For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable, and your wound is grievous. 13There is none to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you. All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you; for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant. 15Why do you cry out over your hurt? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you. 16Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured, and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who plunder you shall be plundered, and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
Read all of Jeremiah 30Jeremiah 30:14 word by word
כָּל־מְאַהֲבַ֣יִךְ שְׁכֵח֔וּךְ אוֹתָ֖ךְ לֹ֣א יִדְרֹ֑שׁוּ כִּי֩ מַכַּ֨ת אוֹיֵ֤ב הִכִּיתִיךְ֙ מוּסַ֣ר אַכְזָרִ֔י עַ֚ל רֹ֣ב עֲוֹנֵ֔ךְ עָצְמ֖וּ חַטֹּאתָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- All thy loversאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- have forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
- thee; they seekדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
- thee not; for I have woundedנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- thee with the woundמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
- of an enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
- with the chastisementמוּסָרmûsâr · disciplineH4148
- of a cruel oneאַכְזָרִי'akzârîy · cruelH394
- for the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
- of thine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: guiltH5771
- thy sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- were increasedעָצֹם‛âtsam · be vastH6105
Cross-references for Jeremiah 30:14
- Jeremiah 2:36How much you go about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
- Jeremiah 4:30And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in scarlet, that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.
- Jeremiah 22:20"Go up to Lebanon, and cry out, and lift up your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers are destroyed.
- Jeremiah 38:22Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the officials of the king of Babylon and were saying, "'Your trusted friends have deceived you and prevailed against you; now that your feet are sunk in the mud, they turn away from you.'
- Lamentations 1:2She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.
- Ezekiel 23:9Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.
- Hosea 2:5For their mother has played the whore; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.'
- Revelation 17:12And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.
- Job 13:24Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?
- Job 16:9He has torn me in his wrath and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
- Job 19:11He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary.
- Job 30:21You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord has become like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel; he has swallowed up all its palaces; he has laid in ruins its strongholds, and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
- Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
- Jeremiah 30:15Why do you cry out over your hurt? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you.
- Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 30:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For the multitude - Or, Because of the multitude of thine iniquity, Because thy sins are strong. Judah‘s lovers are the nations which once sought her alliance (see Jeremiah 22:20; Jeremiah 27:3).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long as we neglect the heavenly Advocate and sanctifying Spirit…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14The exiles experienced an injury (a grievous wound) due to their many sins. your lovers: The Lord used these terms for nations, especially Egypt, that had been Judah’s trusted friends (see Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 16:15–63).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. lovers--the peoples formerly allied to thee, Assyria and Egypt (compare La 1:2). seek thee not--have cast away all concern for thee in thy distress. wound of an enemy--a wound such as an enemy would inflict. God condescends to employ language adapted to human conceptions. He is incapable of "enmity" or "cruelty"; it was their grievous sin which righteously demanded a grievous punishment, as though He were an "enemy" (Jr 5:6; Job 13:24; 30:21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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