Jeremiah 14:18 meaning and explanation
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Jeremiah 14:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah speaks these words as a lament over Jerusalem during drought and coming siege. He pictures the whole land as a place of death: outside the city lie those killed by the sword, and inside, people waste away from famine.
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