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 Contrast

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 Parallel

Joel 1:10 also says 'the land mourneth' due to agricultural ruin, directly paralleling the lament.

Isaiah 3:26 Allusion

Isaiah 3:26 uses the same personification of gates lamenting and desolation, echoing Judah's mourning.

Isaiah 24:4 Parallel

Isaiah 24:4 uses 'earth mourneth and languisheth' — the identical verbs applied to the whole world.

Isaiah 24:7 Parallel

Isaiah 24:7 personifies wine and vine as mourning, extending the desolation imagery to produce.

Isaiah 33:9 Parallel

Isaiah 33:9 has 'earth mourneth and languisheth' with specific places laid waste, reinforcing the theme.

Hosea 4:3 Parallel

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 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 1:4 describes Zion's gates desolate and ways mourning — the fulfillment of the mourning foreseen here.

Deuteronomy 28:16 Prophetic fulfillment

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 Contrast

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.