Parallel Verses

Webster

Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they are black to 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.

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.

The Emphasized Bible

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

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 dearth. 2 Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.


Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.

1 Samuel 5:12

And the men that died not, were smitten with the emerods: 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 am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry to me, I will not hearken to them.

Zechariah 7:13

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

Exodus 2:24

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

1 Samuel 9:16

To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people from the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.

Job 34:28

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heareth 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 judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, a heifer of three years old: for they shall go up the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 24:4

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Isaiah 24:7

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

Isaiah 33:9

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

Jeremiah 4:28

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

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He will not see our last end.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more: her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

Lamentations 4:8-9

Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Joel 1:10

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted; the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Joel 2:6

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

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