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Jeremiah 14:3

And 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.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

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

4And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

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Cross References

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

1 Kings 17:7And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.

1 Kings 18:6And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way, and Obadiah went by another way alone.

Psalms 40:14Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. 1 So be it, so be it.

Isaiah 45:16All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in shame: ye isles, keep a feast to me.

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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