Jeremiah 14:1
That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths:
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:3And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 17:8And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:1
This chapter was penned upon occasion of a great drought, for want of rain. This judgment began in the latter end of Josiah's reign, but, as it should seem, continued in the beginning of Jehoiakim's: for less judgments are sent to give warning of greater coming, if not prevented by repentance. This calamity was mentioned several times before, but here, in this chapter, more fully. Here is, I. A melancholy description of it, ver. 1-6 . II. A prayer to God to put an end to this calamity and to return in mercy to… Read the whole commentary →