Jeremiah 14:3

The great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carried back their vessels empty: they were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

2Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

4For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were confounded, they covered their heads.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:30But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with his head covered, and all the people that were with them, went up with their heads covered weeping.

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

1 Kings 18:6And they divided the countries between them, that they might go round about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias another way by himself.

Esther 6:12But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:

Psalms 40:14Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.

Isaiah 45:16They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone 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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