Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 4:28, the earth mourns as judgment—same imagery of mourning and God's unwavering decree.
In Jeremiah 12:4, the land mourns and grass withers due to wickedness—directly parallels the mourning and drought here.
Jeremiah 4:26 depicts cities broken down and fruitful fields turned to wilderness — the same desolation reflected in these languishing gates.
Jeremiah 12:11 explicitly says the land mourns and is desolate — a direct parallel to Judah mourning and gates languishing here.
Jeremiah 23:10 says the land mourns and pastures dry up — echoing the drought and mourning in Jerusalem's gates.
Jeremiah 8:21 shows the prophet personally grieving for the same hurt, intensifying the lament.
Exodus 2:24 shows God hearing His people's cry and remembering His covenant — a contrast to the judgment context of Jeremiah's cry.
1 Samuel 5:12 uses the exact phrase 'the cry of the city went up' — a strong verbal parallel to Jerusalem's cry here.
Joel 1:10 also says 'the land mourneth' due to agricultural ruin, directly paralleling the lament.
Isaiah 3:26 uses the same personification of gates lamenting and desolation, echoing Judah's mourning.
Isaiah 24:4 uses 'earth mourneth and languisheth' — the identical verbs applied to the whole world.
Isaiah 24:7 personifies wine and vine as mourning, extending the desolation imagery to produce.
Isaiah 33:9 has 'earth mourneth and languisheth' with specific places laid waste, reinforcing the theme.
Hosea 4:3 repeats 'land mourn' and 'languish' — the same pairing describing widespread desolation.
Lamentations 2:9 depicts Jerusalem's gates sunk and leaders gone, the fulfilled desolation behind the mourning.
Habakkuk 3:17 echoes the same agricultural collapse but responds with trust, contrasting Judah's mourning here.
Lamentations 2:8 has the wall and rampart languishing — a similar image of Jerusalem's structures in mourning after destruction.
Lamentations 1:4 describes Zion's gates desolate and ways mourning — the fulfillment of the mourning foreseen here.
Deuteronomy 28:16 prescribes the covenant curse of being cursed in city and field — the mourning gates here show that curse in effect.
Job 34:28 says God hears the cry of the afflicted — in Jeremiah the cry goes up but divine response is judgment, not deliverance.
Lamentations 4:8 describes famine's physical toll — a direct consequence of the languishing in Jeremiah.