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; its gates fall apart. The people of Judah sit in mourning on the ground. Their cry goes up from Jerusalem. 3Important people send their assistants out for water. They go to the cisterns, but they don’t find any water. They come back with their containers empty. They cover their heads, because they are ashamed and disgraced. The ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads. 5Even deer in the fields give birth and abandon their young because there’s no grass. 6Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills. They sniff the air like jackals. Their eyesight fails because they have 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 crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.
• Deuteronomy 28:23The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron.
• Deuteronomy 29:23They will see all the soil poisoned with sulfur and salt. Nothing will be planted. Nothing will be growing. There will be no plants in sight. It will be as desolate as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, cities the Lord destroyed in fierce anger.
• Joel 1:19O Lord, I cry to you for help! Fire has burned up the open pastures. Flames have burned up all the trees in the orchards.
• Joel 1:11Be sad, you farmers! Cry loudly, you grape growers! Mourn for the wheat and the barley. The harvest is destroyed in the field.

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