Jeremiah 14:4

And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Brenton Septuagint

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

3And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.

5And hinds calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:18And if ye still refuse to hearken to me, then will I chasten you yet more even seven times for your sins.

Deuteronomy 28:23And thou shalt have over thine head a sky of brass, and the earth under thee shall be iron.

Jeremiah 3:3And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a whore's face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

Joel 1:17The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the wine-presses are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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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