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 Living Translation (NLT)Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass in the field.

Context of Jeremiah 14:5

3Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads. 4Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads. Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But left because there was no grass. 6And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights; They sniffed at the wind like jackals; Their eyes failed because there was no grass.” 7O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it 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 the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?
• Psalms 29:9The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, “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