Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills, panting like jackals. Their eyesight fails because they have nothing to eat.

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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

5Even the deer abandons her newborn fawn because there's no grass.

7Even though our sins give evidence against us, Lord, please do something for us because of your good nature. Yes, we have rebelled against you so often; we have sinned against you.

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Cross References

Job 39:5Who gave the wild donkey its freedom? Who set it free from its bonds?

Lamentations 4:17We wore out our eyes pointlessly looking for help the whole time; we watched from our towers for a nation to come that couldn't save us.

Joel 1:18The farm animals moan with hunger. The herds of cattle wander everywhere because they can't find grass to eat; the flocks of sheep are 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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