Jeremiah 14:3

Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

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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 its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.

4Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:30David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. All the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

1 Kings 17:7After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

Esther 6:12Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

Psalms 40:14Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

Isaiah 45:16They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.

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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