Jeremiah 14:4
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Jeremiah 14:4 in other translations
| BSB | The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. |
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| WEB | Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads. |
| ASV | Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads. |
| YLT | Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head. |
| DARBY | Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads. |
| BBE | Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads. |
| Webster | Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain on the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. |
What does Jeremiah 14:4 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 14:1-9
A drought upon the land of Judah. (Jr 14:1-7) A confession of sin in the name of the people. (Jr 14:8-9) The Divine purpose to punish is declared. (Jr 14:10-16) The people supplicate. (Jr 14:17-22) Verses 1-9 The people were in tears. But it was rather the cry of their trouble, and of their sin, than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water, that we may not be taught to value it by feeling the want…
Jeremiah 14:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 14:4
- Joel 1:11
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
- Joel 1:19-20
O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
- Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
- Deuteronomy 29:23
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Joel 1:17
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
- Leviticus 26:19-20
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
- Deuteronomy 28:23-24
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
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Context
- Jeremiah 14:3
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
- Jeremiah 14:4
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
- Jeremiah 14:5
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 14:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque se resquebrajó la tierra á causa de no llover en el país; confusos los labradores, cubrieron sus cabezas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Parce que la terre est crevassée, parce qu’il n’y a point eu de pluie dans le pays, les cultivateurs sont honteux, ils ont couvert leur tête; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wegen des Erdbodens, der bestürzt ist, weil kein Regen im Lande war, sind die Ackerleute beschämt, verhüllen ihr Haupt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Propter terræ vastitatem, quia non venit pluvia in terram, confusi sunt agricolæ: operuerunt capita sua. |