Jeremiah 14:4

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 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.

5Yea, the hind also bringeth forth her young in the field, and forsaketh [them], because there is no grass.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:18And if with these things even ye will not yet hearken unto me: then will I chastise you yet more, sevenfold for your sins.

Deuteronomy 28:23And thy heavens that are over thy head shall be copper, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Jeremiah 3:3And [though] the early showers were withholden, and the latter rain came not: yet hadst thou a forehead of an incestuous wife, thou refusedst to feel shame.

Joel 1:17The grains of seed are rotten under their clods, laid desolate are the garners, pulled down are the barns; for the corn is dried up.

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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