Jeremiah 14:4

בַּעֲבוּר הָאֲדָמָה חַתָּה כִּי לֹא ־ הָיָה גֶשֶׁם בָּאָרֶץ בֹּשׁוּ אִכָּרִים חָפוּ רֹאשָֽׁם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

In Context

3וְאַדִּרֵיהֶם שָׁלְחוּ צעוריהם לַמָּיִם בָּאוּ עַל ־ גֵּבִים לֹא ־ מָצְאוּ מַיִם שָׁבוּ כְלֵיהֶם רֵיקָם בֹּשׁוּ וְהָכְלְמוּ וְחָפוּ רֹאשָֽׁם ׃

5כִּי גַם ־ אַיֶּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה יָלְדָה וְעָזוֹב כִּי לֹֽא ־ הָיָה דֶּֽשֶׁא ׃

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:18וְאִם ־ עַד ־ אֵלֶּה לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ לִי וְיָסַפְתִּי לְיַסְּרָה אֶתְכֶם שֶׁבַע עַל ־ חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם ׃

Deuteronomy 28:23וְהָיוּ שָׁמֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר עַל ־ רֹאשְׁךָ נְחֹשֶׁת וְהָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר ־ תַּחְתֶּיךָ בַּרְזֶֽל ׃

Jeremiah 3:3וַיִּמָּנְעוּ רְבִבִים וּמַלְקוֹשׁ לוֹא הָיָה וּמֵצַח אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה הָיָה לָךְ מֵאַנְתְּ הִכָּלֵֽם ׃

Joel 1:17עָבְשׁוּ פְרֻדוֹת תַּחַת מֶגְרְפֹתֵיהֶם נָשַׁמּוּ אֹֽצָרוֹת נֶהֶרְסוּ מַמְּגֻרוֹת כִּי הֹבִישׁ דָּגָֽן ׃

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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