Jeremiah 14:6

The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

5And hinds calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

7Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee.

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Cross References

Job 39:5And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? 1 And who loosed his bands? 1

Lamentations 4:17While we yet lived our eyes failed, 1 While we looked in vain for our help. 1 We looked to a nation that could not save. 1

Joel 1:18What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.

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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