American Standard Version
Jeremiah 14:4
4Because 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.
Jeremiah 14:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
- New International Version (NIV)The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads.
Context of Jeremiah 14:4
2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads. 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. 5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass. 6And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
Read all of Jeremiah 14Jeremiah 14:4 word by word
בַּעֲב֤וּר הָאֲדָמָה֙ חַ֔תָּה כִּ֛י לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:4
- Leviticus 26:19And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;
- Deuteronomy 28:23And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
- Deuteronomy 29:23and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Joel 1:19O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
- Joel 1:11Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 14:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The ground is chapt - The cracks in the earth before the descent of the rains are in some places a cubit wide, and deep enough to receive the greater part of a human body.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Is chapt - Rather, is dismayed. “The ground” is used metaphorically for the people who until the ground. In the earth - i. e., “in the land.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Both people and animals suffered during the drought. The farmers covered their heads with rough burlap to show shame, humiliation, and mourning.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221. Literally, "That which was the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah concerning the dearth" drought--literally, the "withholdings," namely, of rain (De 11:17; 2Ch 7:13). This word should be used especially of the withholding of rain because rain is in those regions of all things the one chiefly needed (Jr 17:8, Margin).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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