Jeremiah 14 · Verse 17

Jeremiah 14:17

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.

Jeremiah 14:17, King James Version

Jeremiah 14:17 in other translations

BSB	You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
WEB	“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.
ASV	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.
YLT	And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, with a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.
DARBY	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.
BBE	And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
Webster	Therefore thou shalt 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 blow.

What does Jeremiah 14:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17. (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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 17 For 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 14:17-22

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 salvation all who confess their sins and seek his mercy.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 14:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ve.'a.mar.Taand you will speakH559

אֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.Hemto themH413

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

הַדָּבָ֣רha.da.Varthe wordH1697

הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

תֵּרַ֨דְנָהte.Rad.nahlet them run downH3381

עֵינַ֥י'ei.Naieyes myH5869

דִּמְעָ֛הdim.'Ahtear[s]H1832

לַ֥יְלָהLay.lahnightH3915

וְיוֹמָ֖םve.yo.Mamand by dayH3119

וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408

תִּדְמֶ֑ינָהtid.Mei.nahthey ceaseH1820

כִּי֩kiforH3588

שֶׁ֨בֶרShe.vera breakingH7667

גָּד֜וֹלga.DolgreatH1419

נִשְׁבְּרָ֗הnish.be.Rahshe has been brokenH7665

בְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.Lat[the] virgin ofH1330

בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323

עַמִּ֔י'a.Mipeople myH5971

מַכָּ֖הma.Kaha woundH4347

נַחְלָ֥הnach.Lahmade sickH2470

מְאֹֽד\׃me.'OdveryH3966

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 14:17

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 13:17
But 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 the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
Lamentations 1:15-16
The 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. For 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.
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh 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!
Lamentations 2:13
What 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?
Micah 6:13
Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
Psalms 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Isaiah 37:22
This is the word which the Lord 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.
Psalms 39:10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Jeremiah 10:19
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Lamentations 2:18
Their 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.
Amos 5:2
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

let mine.
8:18,21; 9:1; 13:17; Ps 80:4,5; 119:136; La 1:16; 2:18; 3:48,49
for.
Isa 37:22; La 1:15; 2:13; Am 5:2
with a very.
30:14,15; Ps 39:10; Mic 6:13

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Context

Jeremiah 14:16
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.
Jeremiah 14:17
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.
Jeremiah 14:18
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.

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Jeremiah 14:17 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Decirles has, pues, esta palabra: Córranse mis ojos en lágrimas noche y día, y no cesen; porque de gran quebrantamiento es quebrantada la virgen hija de mi pueblo, de plaga muy recia.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et tu leur diras cette parole: Que mes yeux se fondent en larmes, nuit et jour, et qu’ils ne cessent pas, car la vierge, fille de mon peuple, est ruinée d’une grande ruine, d’un coup très douloureux.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und du sollst dieses Wort zu ihnen sprechen: Nacht und Tag rinnen meine Augen von Tränen und hören nicht auf; denn die Jungfrau, die Tochter meines Volkes, ist mit großer Zerschmetterung, mit einem sehr schmerzlichen Schlage zerschmettert.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et dices ad eos verbum istud: Deducant oculi mei lacrimam per noctem et diem, et non taceant, quoniam contritione magna contrita est virgo filia populi mei, plaga pessima vehementer.