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Jeremiah 14:17

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JEREMIAH’S REQUEST

17You are to speak this word to them:

Let my eyes overflow with tears;

day and night may they not stop,a

for the virgin daughter of my peopleA

has been destroyed by a crushing blow,b

an extremely severe wound.c

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Footnotes

  1. A for the virgin daughter of my people

Cross references

  1. aJr 9:1,10; 13:17
  2. bJr 4:6; 6:1
  3. cJr 10:19; 30:12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall say to them this word:

‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,

and let them not cease,

for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,

with a very grievous blow.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Speak this word to them:

“ ‘Let my eyes overflow with tears

night and day without ceasing;

for the Virgin Daughter, my people,

has suffered a grievous wound,

a crushing blow.

NLTNew Living Translation

Now, Jeremiah, say this to them:

“Night and day my eyes overflow with tears.

I cannot stop weeping,

for my virgin daughter—my precious people—

has been struck down

and lies mortally wounded.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And you shall say to them this word,

‘Let my eyes melt with tears night and day,

and let them not cease,

for with a great wound the virgin daughter of my people is broken,

with a very incurable wound.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.