Jeremiah 14:4

Because the ground, is cracked, For there hath been no rain in the land, The plowmen are pale They have covered their heads.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

3And, their nobles have sent their menials to the waters,—They have been to the pits, They have found no water They have returned, their vessels empty, They are pale and ashamed and have covered their heads.

5For, even the hind of the field hath calved and forsaken, Because there is no young herbage;

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:18And, if even with these things, ye will not hearken unto me, Then will I yet further correct you seven times, for your sins.

Deuteronomy 28:23And thy heavens which are over thy head shall become bronze,—and the earth which is under thee iron.

Jeremiah 3:3Therefore have been withholden the showers, And, the latter rain, hath not come,—Yet the forehead of an unchaste woman, hast thou, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

Joel 1:17Rotted hath the seed, under their clods, Laid waste are their stores, Thrown down are the garners,—Yea abashed is the corn.

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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