Jeremiah 14 · Verse 19

Jeremiah 14:19

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!
Jeremiah 14:19, King James Version

Jeremiah 14:19 in other translations

BSBHave 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.
WEBHave you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck 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!
ASVHast 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!
YLTHast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Zion hath Thy soul loathed? Wherefore hast Thou smitten us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and lo, terror.
DARBY— Hast thou then utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? Peace is looked for, and there is no good, — and a time of healing, and behold terror!
BBEHave you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.
WebsterHast 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, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

What does Jeremiah 14:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. The people plead with God, Jeremiah being forbidden to do so. no healing--(Jr 15:18). peace ... no good--(Jr 8:15).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 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.

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…

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Jeremiah 14:19 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.

הֲמָאֹ֨סha.ma.'Os¿ really <to reject>H3988
מָאַ֜סְתָּma.'As.tahave you rejectedH3988
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
אִם\־'im-or?H518
בְּצִיּוֹן֙be.tzi.yOn<in> ZionH6726
גָּעֲלָ֣הga.'a.Lahdoes it abhorH1602
נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָnaf.She.khaself yourH5315
מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'why?H4069
הִכִּיתָ֔נוּhi.ki.Ta.nuhave you struck usH5221
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand notH369
לָ֖נוּLa.nu[belongs] to <the> us
מַרְפֵּ֑אmar.Pe'healingH4832
קַוֵּ֤הka.Vehwe waited eagerlyH6960
לְשָׁלוֹם֙le.sha.lOmfor peaceH7965
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
ט֔וֹבTov[was] goodH2896
וּלְעֵ֥תu.le.'Etand for a time ofH6256
מַרְפֵּ֖אmar.Pe'healingH4832
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
בְעָתָֽה\׃ve.'a.TahterrorH1205

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Cross references for Jeremiah 14:19

  • Lamentations 5:22

    But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

  • Jeremiah 8:15

    We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • Jeremiah 6:30

    Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.

  • 2 Kings 17:19-20

    Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

  • Psalms 78:59

    When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

  • Jeremiah 15:18

    Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

  • Jeremiah 12:8

    Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

  • Jeremiah 30:13

    There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

  • Job 30:26

    When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

  • Zechariah 11:8-9

    Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

  • Romans 11:1-6

    I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
utterly.
6:30; 15:1; 2Ki 17:19,20; Ps 78:59; 80:12,13; 89:38; La 5:22
Ro 11:1-6
hath.
12:8; Zec 11:8,9
no healing.
8:22; 15:18; 2Ch 36:16; La 2:13
we.
8:15; Job 30:26; La 4:17; 1Th 5:3

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Context

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 14:19

    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!

  • Jeremiah 14:20

    We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

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Jeremiah 14:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Has desechado enteramente á Judá? ¿ha aborrecido tu alma á Sión? ¿Por qué nos hiciste herir sin que nos quede cura? Esperamos paz, y no hubo bien; tiempo de cura, y he aquí turbación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Aurais-tu entièrement rejeté Juda? Ton âme serait-elle dégoûtée de Sion? Pourquoi nous as-tu frappés sans qu’il y ait de guérison pour nous? On attendait la paix, et il n’y a rien de bon, – et le temps de la guérison, et voici l’épouvante.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Hast du Juda gänzlich verworfen? oder verabscheut deine Seele Zion? Warum hast du uns geschlagen, daß keine Heilung für uns ist? Man hofft auf Frieden und da ist nichts Gutes, und auf die Zeit der Heilung, und siehe da, Schrecken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid projiciens abjecisti Judam? aut Sion abominata est anima tua? quare ergo percussisti nos ita ut nulla sit sanitas? Exspectavimus pacem, et non est bonum: et tempus curationis, et ecce turbatio.