Jeremiah 14:3

The greater ones have sent their lesser ones to the water. They went to draw water; they did not find water; they carried their vessels back empty. They were confounded and afflicted, and so they covered their heads.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2“Judea has mourned. And its gates have fallen and become hard to discern on the ground. And the outcry of Jerusalem has ascended.

4Because of the devastation of the earth, because rain did not fall upon the earth, the farmers were confounded; they covered their heads.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:30But David ascended to the Mount of Olives, climbing and weeping, advancing with bare feet and with his head covered. Moreover, all the people who were with him ascended, weeping with their heads covered.

1 Kings 17:7But after some days, the torrent dried up. For it had not rained upon the earth.

1 Kings 18:6And they divided the regions among themselves, so that they might travel through them. Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Esther 6:12And Mordecai returned to the palace door. And Haman hurried to go to his house, mourning and hiding his head.

Psalms 40:14Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.

Isaiah 45:16They have all been confounded and should be ashamed! These fabricators of errors have departed together into confusion!

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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