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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even the doe in the field forsakes 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.

Context of Jeremiah 14:5

3The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands. 4They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands. Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass. 6Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found.” 7Then I said, “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. 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“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?
• Psalms 29:9The Lord’s shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, “Majestic!”

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