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Jeremiah 14:19
Have 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses the Lord amid the devastation of Judah, where famine and sword have left the land ravaged and its religious leaders fleeing to unknown territory.
The words — The Hebrew מָאַ֜סְתָּ (ma'As.ta) literally means "you have rejected," while גָּעֲלָ֣ה (ga'aLah) translates to "does it abhor" or "despise."
The thread — The plea for healing and the lament over failed peace appear in Jeremiah 8:15, and the question of divine rejection echoes Lamentations 5:22 and Jeremiah 6:30.
Why it lands — The text demands a direct confrontation with the reality of unaddressed sin and the consequences of covenant failure before any appeal for restoration can proceed.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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!
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 8:15 We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Lamentations 5:22 unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
- Jeremiah 6:30 They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3 While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- 2 Kings 17:19 and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
- Job 30:26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- Psalms 78:59 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- Jeremiah 12:8 My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
- Jeremiah 15:18 Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
- Jeremiah 30:13 There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.