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!

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
utterly	הֲמָאֹ֨ס ha.ma.'Os	H3988	to spurn · interrogative particle + verb, qal infinitive absolute
rejected	מָאַ֜סְתָּ ma.'As.ta	H3988	to spurn · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Judah	יְהוּדָ֗ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
soul	נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ naf.She.kha	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
lothed	גָּעֲלָ֣ה ga.'a.Lah	H1602	to detest · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Zion	בְּצִיּוֹן֙ be.tzi.yOn	H6726	Tsijon (as a permanent capital) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
smitten	הִכִּיתָ֔נוּ hi.ki.Ta.nu	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
healing	מַרְפֵּ֑א mar.Pe'	H4832	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
looked	קַוֵּ֤ה ka.Veh	H6960	to bind together (perhaps by twisting) · verb, piel infinitive absolute
peace	לְשָׁלוֹם֙ le.sha.lOm	H7965	safe · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
good	ט֔וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
time	וּלְעֵ֥ת u.le.'Et	H6256	time · conjunction + preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
healing	מַרְפֵּ֖א mar.Pe'	H4832	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
trouble	בְעָתָֽה ve.'a.Tah	H1205	fear · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Lamentations 5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Jeremiah 6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
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…
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.
Job 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Psalms 78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Jeremiah 12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:17–end

The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet's lamentation (Jer 14:17, Jer 14:18) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for them (Jer 14:19), and I am willing to hope that the latter, as well as the former, was by divine direction, and that these words (Jer 14:17), Thus shalt thou say unto them (or concerning them, or in their hearing), refer to the intercession, as well as to the lamentation, and then it amounts to a revocation of the directions given to the prophet not to pray for them, Jer 14:11. However, it is plain, by the prayers we find in these verses, that the prophet did not understand it as a prohibition, but only as a discou…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 14:19

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

John Gill on Jeremiah 14:19

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?.... The prophet, though forbid, proceeds to prayers and expostulations on account of this people, the people of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin: or, "in rejecting hast thou rejected Judah?" (t) from being a nation, from being under thy care and protection? hast thou cast them away, and wilt thou suffer them to go into captivity as the ten tribes? what! Judah, whom the Lord hath chosen, and where was his dwelling place? what! Judah, from whom the chief ruler, the Messiah, was to come? what! Judah, from whom the sceptre was not to depart, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, till Shiloh came? and, what! wilt thou reject, and utterly reject, this tribe, u…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 14:19

Jeremiah 14:19 19. Hast 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! 19. An abjiciendo abjecisti Jehudah? an in Sion (an Sion, v redundat) abominata est anima tua? quare percussisti nos, et nulla nobis medela? expectando pacem (id est, expectavimus pacem) et nihil boni (vel, non bonum) et tempus medelae (idem est verbum,) et ecce terror. The Prophet now turns to prayer and to complaints, that by his example he might at length rouse the people to lamentation, in order that they might humbly implore God's forgiveness, and sincerely…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 19) Have you rejected Judah completely? Has your soul despised Zion? Why have you struck us, so that there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there is no good; for a time of healing, but behold, terror! The prophet is amazed that the Lord has suddenly cast away Judah and Jerusalem, the kingdom of the two tribes where the religion of God and the ceremonies of the Temple were. And He has struck them with such a great plague that no remedy can be applied. We have waited, he said, for peace and a time of healing, and there is no good; but instead, there is turmoil: so that where there was once worship of God and tranquility, there, now everything is filled with seditions and hostile uproar. So if ever our Zion, our Judah is rejected and the soul of God abhors it, let us not be surprised, but rather let us say what follows:
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Diseases · Frequently: Incurable — Frequently: Incurable
Famine · Sent as a — Sent as a
Time · Particular periods of, mentioned: The time of healing — Particular periods of, mentioned: The time of healing

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 14:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 14:19

John Gill on Jeremiah 14:19

John Calvin on Jeremiah 14:19

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 14:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 14:19

John Gill on Jeremiah 14:19

John Calvin on Jeremiah 14:19

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 14:19–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 14:19-22

Rashi on Jeremiah 14:19