Jeremiah 14:5
כִּי גַם ־ אַיֶּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה יָלְדָה וְעָזוֹב כִּי לֹֽא ־ הָיָה דֶּֽשֶׁא ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
In Context
4בַּעֲבוּר הָאֲדָמָה חַתָּה כִּי לֹא ־ הָיָה גֶשֶׁם בָּאָרֶץ בֹּשׁוּ אִכָּרִים חָפוּ רֹאשָֽׁם ׃
6וּפְרָאִים עָמְדוּ עַל ־ שְׁפָיִם שָׁאֲפוּ רוּחַ כַּתַּנִּים כָּלוּ עֵינֵיהֶם כִּי ־ אֵין עֵֽשֶׂב ׃
Cross References
Job 39:1הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי ־ סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת תִּשְׁמֹֽר ׃
Isaiah 15:6כִּֽי ־ מֵי נִמְרִים מְשַׁמּוֹת יִֽהְיוּ כִּֽי ־ יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר כָּלָה דֶשֶׁא יֶרֶק לֹא הָיָֽה ׃
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 →