Jeremiah 14:5

Jeremiah 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
• New International Version (NIV)Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But left because there was no grass.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass in the field.

Context of Jeremiah 14:5

3Her nobles send their servants for water; they come to the cisterns; they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded and cover their heads. 4Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn because there is no grass. 6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no vegetation. 7"Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 14:5 word by word

כִּ֤י גַם־אַיֶּ֙לֶת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה יָלְדָ֖ה וְעָז֑וֹב כִּ֥י לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה דֶּֽשֶׁא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yea, the hindאַיֶּלֶת'ayĕlĕth · doeH365
• also calvedיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• in the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• and forsookעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• because there was no grassדֶּ֫שֶׁאdeshe' · grassH1877

Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:5

• Job 39:1"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does?
• Psalms 29:9The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"

Commentaries on Jeremiah 14:5

• 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. 55. The brute creation is reduced to the utmost extremity for the want of food. The "hind," famed for her affection to her young, abandons them.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 14:5

• Deer
• Drought
• Famine
• Impenitence

In the dictionaries

• Heal
• Grass
• Hind

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