Jeremiah 14:17 — Bible Verse (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.”
Jeremiah 14:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 14:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 14:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““You shall say this word to them: “‘Let my 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 wound.”
Jeremiah 14:17 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 14:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And 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 wound. ”
Jeremiah 14:17 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 14:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, <FI>with<Fi> a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.”
Jeremiah 14:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 14:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. ”
Jeremiah 14:17 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 14:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore thou shalt say this worde vnto them, Let mine eyes drop downe teares night and day without ceasing: for the virgine daughter of my people is destroyed with a great destruction, and with a sore grieuous plague.”
Jeremiah 14:17 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 14:17 in Context — Jeremiah 14
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord 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.
16 And 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.
17 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.
18 If 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.
19 Hast 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!
What Does Jeremiah 14:17 Mean?
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