Jeremiah 14:6

And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

Darby Translation

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

5For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh [its young], because there is no grass.

7Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many we have sinned against thee.

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Cross References

Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

Lamentations 4:17Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.

Joel 1:18How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.

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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