Jeremiah 14:5

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

World English 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 cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.

6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.

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Cross References

Job 39:1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.

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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