Jeremiah 14:6

The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

5Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.

7Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, LORD; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.

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Cross References

Job 39:5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

Lamentations 4:17Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Joel 1:18How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

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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