Jeremiah 14:5

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

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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 was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

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Cross References

Job 39:1Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve?

Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the 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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