Jeremiah 14:3

The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

Majority Standard Bible

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

2“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

4The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:30But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

1 Kings 17:7Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:6So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

Esther 6:12Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

Isaiah 45:16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

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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