Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

“Judah mourns
And her gates languish;
They sit on the ground in mourning,
And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Judah mourns;
her gates languish.
Her people are on the ground in mourning;
Jerusalem’s cry rises up.

International Standard Version

"Judah mourns, and her gates languish. The people mourn for the land, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

A Conservative Version

Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish. They sit in black upon the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Judah mourns
And her gates languish;
Her people sit on the ground in mourning clothes
And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

Bible in Basic English

Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Judah mourned and her gates languished; they were darkened to the earth, and the outcry of Jerusalem went up.

King James 2000

Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they mourn for the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Judah mourns, and her gates languish, they are in mourning on the ground, and the cry of lament of Jerusalem goes up.

Modern King James verseion

Judah mourns, and its gates droop. They are black to the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Judah shall mourn, men shall not go much more through his gates: the land shall be no more had in reputation, and the cry of Jerusalem shall break out.

NET Bible

"The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.

The Emphasized Bible

Judah mourneth, And the gates thereof, pine They lie in gloom on the ground, - And the outcry Jerusalem, hath ascended;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יהוּדה 
Y@huwdah 
Usage: 648

H56
אבל 
'abal 
Usage: 39

and the gates
שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

אמל 
'amal 
Usage: 16

קדר 
Qadar 
Usage: 17

unto the ground
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and the cry
צוחה 
Ts@vachah 
Usage: 4

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

References

American

Easton

Context Readings

The Severe Drought

1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 2 "Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.


Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

1 Samuel 5:12

The men who did not die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

Jeremiah 8:21

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will bring disaster on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them.

Zechariah 7:13

It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said the LORD of hosts;

Exodus 2:24

God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

1 Samuel 9:16

"Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry has come to me."

Job 34:28

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out for Moab. Her Nazirites flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 24:4

The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

Isaiah 24:7

The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.

Isaiah 33:9

The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

Jeremiah 4:28

For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not relented, neither will I turn back from it."

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, "He shall not see our latter end."

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Lamentations 4:8-9

They appear darker than soot; they are not known in the streets. Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered and has become as dry as a stick.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away, all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.

Joel 1:10

The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.

Joel 2:6

At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.

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