Jeremiah 14:4

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

In Context

3The 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.

5Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:18But if you will not yet for all this obey me: I will chastise you seven times more for your sins,

Deuteronomy 28:23Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.

Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

Joel 1:17The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded.

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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