Jeremiah 14:19
in Jeremiah 14Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
KJV
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!
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This verse in Jeremiah 14
Commentary
9 notes on this verseHast thou utterly rejected Judah?.... The prophet, though forbid, proceeds to prayers and expostulations on account of this people, the people of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin: or, "in rejecting hast thou rejected Judah?" (t) from being a nation, from being under thy care and protection? hast thou cast them away, and wilt thou suffer them to go into captivity as the ten tribes? what! Judah, whom the Lord hath chosen, and where was his dwelling place? what! Judah, from whom the chief ruler, the Messiah, was to come? what!
This site's exposition
Have You rejected Judah completely
on Jeremiah 14:19-22
The people’s second confession is fuller than the first, “We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD”, and it appeals to the covenant itself. Verse 22 sets aside every rival power, asking whether “the worthless idols of the nations” can bring rain. The oracle leaves the plea standing.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 19) Have you rejected Judah completely? Has your soul despised Zion? Why have you struck us, so that there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there is no good; for a time of healing, but behold, terror! The prophet is amazed that the Lord has suddenly cast away Judah and Jerusalem, the kingdom of the two tribes where the religion of God and the ceremonies of the Temple were. And He has struck them with such a great plague that no remedy can be applied.
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. 7 O L ORD , though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
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Thus - Here begins the answer to the prophet's complaint and prayer in the nine first verses. The substance is, that for their manifold sins, he was resolved to punish them. They loved - They have been fond of their idols, and they have persisted in those sinful courses, notwithstanding all counsels.
(2.) To the promise of God; of this they are humbly bold to put him in mind: Remember thy covenant with us, and break not that covenant. Not that they had any distrust of his fidelity, or that they thought he needed to be put in mind of his promise to them, but what he had said he would plead with himself they take the liberty to plead with him.
They thought Zion was the beloved of his soul, was his rest for ever; but now his soul even loathes Zion, loathes even the services there performed, for the sake of the sins there committed.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A second (compare Jer 14:7-9) earnest intercession, acknowledging the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God’s Almighty power. Lothed - More exactly, “hath thrown away as worthless.” Jer 14:20 Our wickedness, and - Omit and. National sin is the sin of the fathers, perpetuated generation after generation by the children. Jer 14:21 This verse is in the original very emphatic, and consists of a series of broken ejaculations: “Abhor not for thy name’s sake! Disgrace - lightly esteem” in Deu 32:15 - “not the throne of thy glory! Remember!
We looked for peace - We expected prosperity when Josiah purged the land of idolatry. And there is no good - For we have relapsed into our former ways.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֲמָאֹ֨ס | hamaos | ¿ really <to reject> | H3988 → | 76 times |
| מָאַ֜סְתָּ | maasta | have you rejected | H3988 → | 76 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | or? | H518 → | 1069 times |
| בְּצִיּוֹן֙ | betziyon | <in> Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| גָּעֲלָ֣ה | gaalah | does it abhor | H1602 → | |
| נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ | nafshekha | self your | H5315 → | 754 times |
| מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ | madua' | why? | H4069 → | 72 times |
| הִכִּיתָ֔נוּ | hikitanu | have you struck us | H5221 → | 499 times |
| וְאֵ֥ין | veein | and not | H369 → | 789 times |
| לָ֖נוּ | lanu | [belongs] to <the> us | ||
| מַרְפֵּ֑א | marpe' | healing | H4832 → | 16 times |
| קַוֵּ֤ה | kaveh | we waited eagerly | H6960 → | 49 times |
| לְשָׁלוֹם֙ | leshalom | for peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| וְאֵ֣ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| ט֔וֹב | tov | [was] good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| וּלְעֵ֥ת | uleet | and for a time of | H6256 → | 296 times |
| מַרְפֵּ֖א | marpe' | healing | H4832 → | 16 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֥ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| בְעָתָֽה׃ | veatah | terror | H1205 → |
הֲמָאֹ֨ס¿ really <to reject>
hamaosH3988 →76 times
מָאַ֜סְתָּhave you rejected
maastaH3988 →76 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אִם־or?
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
בְּצִיּוֹן֙<in> Zion
betziyonH6726 →154 times
גָּעֲלָ֣הdoes it abhor
gaalahH1602 →
נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָself your
nafshekhaH5315 →754 times
מַדּ֙וּעַ֙why?
madua'H4069 →72 times
הִכִּיתָ֔נוּhave you struck us
hikitanuH5221 →499 times
וְאֵ֥יןand not
veeinH369 →789 times
לָ֖נוּ[belongs] to <the> us
lanu
מַרְפֵּ֑אhealing
marpe'H4832 →16 times
קַוֵּ֤הwe waited eagerly
kavehH6960 →49 times
לְשָׁלוֹם֙for peace
leshalomH7965 →236 times
וְאֵ֣יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
ט֔וֹב[was] good
tovH2896 →538 times
וּלְעֵ֥תand for a time of
uleetH6256 →296 times
מַרְפֵּ֖אhealing
marpe'H4832 →16 times
וְהִנֵּ֥הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
בְעָתָֽה׃terror
veatahH1205 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
it leads to
- Luke 21:34–35
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Matthew 24:37–39
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:26–30
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Revelation 18:7–8
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow…
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- Luke 21:34–35
Through
Jeremiah 12:8My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
it leads to
- Amos 6:8
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
- Hosea 9:15
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are…
- Amos 6:8
Through
Jeremiah 6:30They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
it leads to
- Hosea 9:17
My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- Hosea 9:17
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemZionThe eastern ridge David took from the Jebusites and made his stronghold, the name the Psalms and the prophets give the city the LO…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.