Jeremiah 14:5

For even the doe has given birth in the field, and then left it behind. For there was no grass.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

6And the wild donkeys stood upon the rocks; like dragons, they drew in the wind, but their eyes failed. For there was no grass.”

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Cross References

Job 39:1Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor?

Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, because the plants have withered, and the seedling has failed, and all the greenery has passed away.

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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