Jeremiah 14:5

Even the hind in the field is delivered, And deserteth her young, Because there is no grass.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

In Context

4Because of the ground, which is in consternation, No rain falling upon the earth, The husbandmen are ashamed, They hide their heads.

6The wild asses stand upon the hills, They snuff up the wind like jackals; Their eyes fail, Because there is no grass.

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Cross References

Job 39:1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou observe when the hinds are in labor?

Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim are desolate; The grass is withered; the tender plant faileth; There is no green thing left.

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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