New International Version
Jeremiah 30:14
14All 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.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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“This is what the Lord says: “ ‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing. 13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you. 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. 15Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you. 16“ ‘But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
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 2:36Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.
- Jeremiah 4:30What are you doing, you devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why highlight your eyes with makeup? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they want to kill you.
- Jeremiah 22:20“Go up to Lebanon and cry out, let your voice be heard in Bashan, cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed.
- Jeremiah 38:22All the women left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you: “ ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet are sunk in the mud; your friends have deserted you.’
- Lamentations 1:2Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
- Ezekiel 23:9“Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.
- Hosea 2:5Their mother has been unfaithful and has conceived them in disgrace. She said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’
- Revelation 17:12“The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast.
- Job 13:24Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
- Job 16:9God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
- Job 19:11His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.
- Job 30:21You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah.
- Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
- Jeremiah 30:15Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.
- Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many.
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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