Jeremiah 14:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“The nation of Judah cries for people who have died. The people in the cities of Judah grow weaker and weaker. They lie on the ground. People in Jerusalem, cry to God for help.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

There will be crying and sadness in the meeting places by the city gates. Jerusalem will sit there empty, like a woman who has lost everything to thieves and robbers and now just sits on the ground and cries.

Jeremiah 8:21

My people are hurt, so I am hurt. I am too sad to speak.

1 Samuel 5:12

Many people died, and those who did not, had tumors. The people of Ekron cried loudly to heaven.

Zechariah 7:13

So the Lord All-Powerful said, “I called to them, and they did not answer. So now, if they call to me, I will not answer.

Jeremiah 11:11

So this is what the Lord says: “I will soon make something terrible happen to the people of Judah. They will not be able to escape. They will be sorry and cry to me for help, but I will not listen to them.

Joel 2:6

Before this army, people shake with fear. Their faces become pale from fear.

Joel 1:10

The fields are ruined. Even the ground is crying because the grain is destroyed; the new wine is dried up, and the olive oil is gone.

Hosea 4:3

So the country is like someone crying for the dead, and all of its people are weak. Even the animals of the field, the birds of the sky, and the fish in the sea are dying.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is hot like an oven. We have a high fever because of our hunger.

Lamentations 2:9

Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground. The bars on her gates are completely destroyed. Her king and princes have been taken to other nations. The teaching of the law has stopped. And her prophets no longer receive visions from the Lord.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let them cry out in their houses, when you suddenly bring an enemy against them. Let it happen because they prepared a death trap for me. They hid traps for me to step in.

Jeremiah 12:4

How much longer will the land be dry? How long will the grass be dry and dead? The birds and the animals of this land have all died, and it is the fault of the wicked. But they are saying, “Jeremiah will not live long enough to see what happens to us.”

Jeremiah 4:28

So the people in the land will cry for the dead. The sky will grow dark. I have spoken and will not change. I have made a decision, and I will not change my mind.”

Isaiah 33:9

The land is sick and dying. Lebanon is dying and Sharon Valley is dry and empty. Bashan and Carmel once grew beautiful plants—but now those plants have stopped growing.

Isaiah 24:7

The grapevines are dying. The new wine is bad. People who were happy are now sad.

Isaiah 24:4

The country will be empty and sad. The world will be empty and weak. The great leaders of the people in this land will become weak.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries, full of sorrow for Moab. Its people run away to Zoar for safety. They run to Eglath Shelishiyah. The people are crying as they go up the road to Luhith. They are crying loudly as they walk on the road to Horonaim.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the house of Israel. The grapevine, the plant he loves, is the man of Judah. The Lord hoped for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for fairness, but there were only cries from people being treated badly.

Job 34:28

They hurt the poor and made them cry to God for help. And he hears their cry!

1 Samuel 9:16

“At this time tomorrow I will send a man to you. He will be from the tribe of Benjamin. You must anoint him and make him the new leader over my people Israel. This man will save my people from the Philistines. I have seen my people suffering, and I have heard their cries for help.”

Exodus 2:24

God heard their painful cries and remembered the agreement he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Psalm 144:14

And may our cows be heavy with calves. May no enemy break through our walls or carry away any of our people. May there be no cries of pain in our streets.

Isaiah 24:11

People still ask for wine in the marketplaces, but all the joy is gone. It was carried off with everything else.

Jeremiah 12:11

They have turned it into an empty desert. It is dry and dead. The whole land has been ruined, and no one is left to care for it.

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations will hear you crying. Your cries will be heard all over the earth. One ‘brave soldier’ will run into another ‘brave soldier.’ And both ‘brave soldiers’ will fall down together.”

Lamentations 2:8

The Lord planned to destroy the wall of Daughter Zion. He marked the wall with a measuring line. He didn’t stop himself from destroying it. He made all the walls cry out in sadness. Together they wasted away.

Haggai 1:11

“I gave the command for the land and the mountains to be dry. The grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and everything the earth produces will be ruined. All the people and all the animals will become weak.”

Joel 1:11

Be sad, farmers! Cry loudly for the grapes, for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest in the field is ruined.

Joel 1:14

Tell the people that there will be a special time of fasting. Call them together for a special meeting. Bring the leaders and everyone living in the land together at the Temple of the Lord your God, and pray to the Lord.