Jeremiah 14:6

And 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.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

In Context

5And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

7Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.

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Cross References

Job 39:5\39:2\Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

Lamentations 4:17Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.

Joel 1:18What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.

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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