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Jeremiah 14:4

2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

5 Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

6 Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
KJV
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
WEB
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.
ASV
Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
DARBY
Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.
BLB
Because the ground is parched, for there was no rain in the land, the plowmen were ashamed; they covered their heads.
ÅB
For jordens skyld, som er forferdet fordi det ikke kommer regn i landet, er jordbrukerne skuffet, de tilhyller sitt hode.
OTB
Jorden er sprukket fordi det ikke er regn i landet; bøndene er forferdet og dekker sine hoder i skam.
B1930
For jordens skyld, som er forferdet fordi det ikke kommer regn i landet, er jordbrukerne skuffet, de tilhyller sitt hode.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joel 1:11

    Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

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  • Joel 1:19–20

    To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

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  • Jeremiah 3:3

    Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:23

    All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

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  • Joel 1:17

    The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

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  • Leviticus 26:19–20

    I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

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  • Deuteronomy 28:23–24

    The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

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