Jeremiah 14:5
Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
In Context
Cross References
Job 39:1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Isaiah 15:6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
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 →