Jeremiah 14:4
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.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6 And 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.
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.
Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joel 1:11
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Read in contextJoel 1:19–20
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:23
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Read in contextJoel 1:17
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:19–20
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:23–24
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Read in context