Jeremiah 14:6

The 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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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

5Even the hind in the field is delivered, And deserteth her young, Because there is no grass.

7Though our iniquities testify against us, Yet do thou, O Jehovah, act from a regard to thine own name. For our transgressions have been many; We have sinned against thee.

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Cross References

Job 39:5Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass,

Lamentations 4:17Still did our eyes fail, looking for help in vain; On our watch-tower did we watch for a nation that could not save us.

Joel 1:18How do the beasts groan, How do the herds of oxen wander perplexed, Having no pasture! The flocks of sheep also are 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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