Jeremiah 14:5

And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

In Context

4Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

6And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.

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Cross References

Job 39:1\38:39\Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

Isaiah 15:6The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:2-10

Lamentation Caused by a Great Drought; Prayer for Mercy; Pleading with God. ( b. c. 606.) 1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for… Read the whole commentary →

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