Jeremiah 14:5

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

In Context

4Because the ground, is cracked, For there hath been no rain in the land, The plowmen are pale They have covered their heads.

6Yea, wild asses stand still on the bare heights, They pant for air like jackals,—Dimmed are their eyes Because there is no grass.

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Cross References

Job 39:1Knowest thou the season when the Wild Goats of the crags beget? The bringing forth of the hinds, canst thou observe?

Isaiah 15:6For, the waters of Nimrim, shall become desolation,—For grass, hath dried up, Herbage hath failed, Green thing, hath not sprung up!

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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