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Jeremiah 14:3

And their nobles have sent out their subordinates for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their head.

Leeser Tanakh

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

2Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they lie grieved on the ground; and the distressed cry of Jerusalem ascendeth upward.

4Because of the ground which is cracked open, since there hath been no rain in the land, are the ploughmen ashamed, they cover their head.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:30And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, weeping as he went up, and had his head covered, and he was walking barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

1 Kings 17:7And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up; because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:6So they divided between them the land to pass through it: Achab went one way by himself alone, and 'Obadiah went another way by himself alone.

Esther 6:12And Mordecai thereupon returned to the king's gate; but Haman hastened to his house, mourning, and having his head covered.

Psalms 40:14(40:15) May those be made ashamed and put to the blush together that seek after my soul to take her away: let them be driven backward and be confounded, that wish for my mishap.

Isaiah 45:16They are ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: together shall they go to confusion that are makers of idols.

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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