Jeremiah 14:1
The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:3And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 17:8For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:1
This chapter was penned upon occasion of a great drought, for want of rain. This judgment began in the latter end of Josiah's reign, but, as it should seem, continued in the beginning of Jehoiakim's: for less judgments are sent to give warning of greater coming, if not prevented by repentance. This calamity was mentioned several times before, but here, in this chapter, more fully. Here is, I. A melancholy description of it, ver. 1-6 . II. A prayer to God to put an end to this calamity and to return in mercy to… Read the whole commentary →