Jeremiah 14:1

AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS CONCERNING THE DROUGHT.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

In Context

2Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 3:3And you did retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to yourself: you had a whore's face, you did become shameless toward all.

Jeremiah 17:8And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:1

This chapter was penned upon occasion of a great drought, for want of rain. This judgment began in the latter end of Josiah's reign, but, as it should seem, continued in the beginning of Jehoiakim's: for less judgments are sent to give warning of greater coming, if not prevented by repentance. This calamity was mentioned several times before, but here, in this chapter, more fully. Here is, I. A melancholy description of it, ver. 1-6 . II. A prayer to God to put an end to this calamity and to return in mercy to… Read the whole commentary →

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