Jeremiah 14:5

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

6And the wild asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

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Cross References

Job 39:1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn?

Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nemrim shall be desolate, for the grass is withered away, the spring is faded, all the greenness is perished.

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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