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 wilts; commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem. 3The nobles send servants to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief. The ground is parched and cracked for lack of rain. The farmers are deeply troubled; they, too, cover their heads. 5Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass in the field. 6The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills panting like thirsty jackals. They strain their eyes looking for grass, but there is none to be found.”

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 break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze.
• Deuteronomy 28:23The skies above will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as hard as iron.
• Deuteronomy 29:23They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.’
• Joel 1:19Lord, help us! The fire has consumed the wilderness pastures, and flames have burned up all the trees.
• Joel 1:11Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley— all the crops of the field—are ruined.

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