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Jeremiah 14:2

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Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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  1. Isaiah 3:26Rank 1 from verse 2
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    26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

  2. Jeremiah 8:21Rank 2 from verse 2
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    21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

  3. 1 Samuel 5:12Rank 3 from verse 2
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    12And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

  4. Lamentations 4:8–9Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

    9They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

  5. Zechariah 7:13Rank 5 from verse 2
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    13Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

  6. Jeremiah 11:11Rank 6 from verse 2
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    11¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

  7. 1 Samuel 9:16Rank 7 from verse 2
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    16To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

  8. Exodus 2:24Rank 8 from verse 2
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    24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

  9. Hosea 4:3Rank 9 from verse 2
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    3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  10. Isaiah 15:5Rank 10 from verse 2
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    5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  11. Isaiah 24:4Rank 11 from verse 2
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    4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

  12. Isaiah 24:7Rank 12 from verse 2
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    7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

  13. Isaiah 33:9Rank 13 from verse 2
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    9The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

  14. Isaiah 5:7Rank 14 from verse 2
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    7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

  15. Jeremiah 12:4Rank 15 from verse 2
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    4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

  16. Jeremiah 18:22Rank 16 from verse 2
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    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  17. Jeremiah 4:28Rank 17 from verse 2
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    28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

  18. Job 34:28Rank 18 from verse 2
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    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

  19. Joel 1:10Rank 19 from verse 2
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    10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

  20. Joel 2:6Rank 20 from verse 2
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    6Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

  21. Lamentations 2:9Rank 21 from verse 2
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    9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

  22. Lamentations 5:10Rank 22 from verse 2
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    10Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

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Jeremiah 14:2

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gates

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Movable barriers and the entrances they close in walls, cities, courts, houses, or enclosed places; by extension, the city, jurisdiction, public place, or access represented by those entrances.

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COMBINED MEANING

black

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Sense 1: Of the darkest colour. Sense 2: Dark or blackened in appearance. Sense 3: Figuratively, darkened by mourning, famine, or judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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14:1THE word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

14:2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

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14:3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

14:4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

14:5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

14:6And 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.

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