Jeremiah 14:4

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 mourns; her city gates languish. Her people are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem’s cry rises up. 3Their nobles send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns; they find no water; their containers return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. 5Even the doe in the field gives birth and abandons her fawn since there is no grass. 6Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights panting for air like jackals. Their eyes fail because there are no green plants.

Jeremiah 14:4 word by word

בַּעֲב֤וּר הָאֲדָמָה֙ חַ֔תָּה כִּ֛י לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• is chaptחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• for there was no rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• in the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• the plowmenאִכָּר'ikkâr · farmerH406
• were ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• they coveredחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
• their headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218

Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:4

• Leviticus 26:19I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
• Deuteronomy 28:23The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
• Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord demolished in his fierce anger.
• Joel 1:19I call to you, Lord, for fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have devoured all the trees of the orchard.
• Joel 1:11Be ashamed, you farmers, wail, you vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 14:4

• Drought
• Famine
• Impenitence
• Mourning

In the dictionaries

• Heal
• Ashamed
• Chapt
• Plow

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