Jeremiah 14:17

Jeremiah 14:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Speak this word to them: “ ‘Let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing; for the Virgin Daughter, my people, has suffered a grievous wound, a crushing blow.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“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.

Context of Jeremiah 14:17

15Therefore thus saith Yhwh concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. 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. 18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. 19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Jeremiah 14:17 word by word

וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה תֵּרַ֨דְנָה עֵינַ֥י דִּמְעָ֛ה לַ֥יְלָה וְיוֹמָ֖ם וְאַל־תִּדְמֶ֑ינָה כִּי֩ שֶׁ֨בֶר גָּד֜וֹל נִשְׁבְּרָ֗ה בְּתוּלַת֙ בַּת־עַמִּ֔י מַכָּ֖ה נַחְלָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

• Therefore thou shalt sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• this wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• unto them; Let mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• run downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• with tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• and dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• and let them not ceaseדָּמָהdâmâh · to ceaseH1820
• for the virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• is brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• with a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• breachשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
• with a veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• grievousחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: grievedH2470
• blowמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347

Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:17

• Jeremiah 8:18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh 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!
• Jeremiah 13:17But 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 Yhwh's flock is carried away captive.
• Psalms 80:4O Yhwh God of Armies, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
• Psalms 119:136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
• Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
• Lamentations 2:18Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
• Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Isaiah 37:22This is the word which Yhwh 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.
• Lamentations 1:15The 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.
• Lamentations 2:13What 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?
• Amos 5:2The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
• Jeremiah 30:14All 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.
• Psalms 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
• Micah 6:13Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 14:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17For the virgin daughter of my people is broken - First, the land was sadly distressed by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt. Secondly, it was laid under a heavy tribute by Nebuchadnezzar. And, thirdly, it was nearly desolated by a famine afterwards. In a few years all these calamities fell upon them; these might be well called a great breach, a very grievous blow.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17A message from God to the effect that the calamity would be so overwhelming as to cause perpetual weeping; it is set before the people under the representation of Jeremiah‘s own sorrow. The virgin daughter of my people - The epithet testifies to God‘s previous care of Judah. She had been as jealously guarded from other nations as virgins are in an oriental household (compare Song of Song of Solomon 4:12 ).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 Jeremiah acknowledged his own sins, and those of the people, but pleaded with the Lord to remember his covenant. In their distress none of the idols of the Gentiles could help them, nor could the heavens give rain of themselves. The Lord will always have a people to plead with him at his mercy-seat. He will heal every truly repenting sinner. Should he not see fit to hear our prayers on behalf of our guilty land, he will certainly bless with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18As he looked at Judah's state, God clearly showed his sadness through a short poem. The Lord does not enjoy the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:23; 33:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. (Jr 9:1; La 1:16). Jeremiah is desired to weep ceaselessly for the calamities coming on his nation (called a "virgin," as being heretofore never under foreign yoke), (Is 23:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 14:17

• Church
• Famine
• Intercession
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Virgin

In the dictionaries

• Heal
• Blow
• Breach
• Cease

Commentaries on Jeremiah 14

• 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