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

2“Judah mourns And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended. 3Their nobles have sent their servants for water; They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with their vessels empty; They have been put to shame and humiliated, And they cover their heads. Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land; The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads. 5For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young, Because there is no grass. 6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; They pant for air like jackals, Their eyes fail For there is no vegetation.

Jeremiah 14:4 word by word

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

• Becauseעָבוּר‛âbûr ‛âbûr · for the sake ofH5668
• groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• crackedחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• For there has beenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• on the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• farmersאִכָּר'ikkâr · farmerH406
• have beenבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• They have coveredחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
• their headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218

Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:4

• Leviticus 26:19I will also break down your pride of power; I will also make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.
• Deuteronomy 28:23The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.
• Deuteronomy 29:23‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’
• Joel 1:19To You, O Lord, I cry; For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
• Joel 1:11Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

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