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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 14:3-6

Jeremiah 14:3-6. And their nobles, &c. This scarcity of water afflicted not poor persons only, who had not such means of supplying their necessities as the rich; but the greatest among them, who sent their little ones, (or inferiors, as צעיריהם , seems here rather to signify,) to the places made to receive and retain water; who, finding none, returned with their vessels empty, like persons ashamed, and troubled upon seeing their expectations frustrated. Jerusalem, it must be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

Drought, disease and war (14:1-15:9)A severe drought had hit Judah. People in all walks of life, from nobles to farmers, were affected by it, and they covered their heads as a sign of their distress. They had difficulty in getting enough water to keep themselves alive, and their animals were beginning to suffer from disease. Some had already died because of the lack of food (14:1-6).Pleading on behalf of the people, Jeremiah confesses the nation’s sins. He asks God to cease acting as if he were... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 14:6

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . dragons = jackals. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:6

6. wild asses—They repair to "the high places" most exposed to the winds, which they "snuff in" to relieve their thirst. dragons—jackals [HENDERSON]. eyes—which are usually most keen in detecting grass or water from the "heights," so much so that the traveller guesses from their presence that there must be herbage and water near; but now "their eyes fail." Rather the reference is to the great boas and python serpents which raise a large portion of their body up in a vertical column ten or... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:1-16

A lament during drought 14:1-16 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 14:6

Even the wild donkeys, known for their hardiness, could only stand and sniff the wind on the hills, since they could find nothing to eat. They panted and their eyes grew dim from lack of sustenance as they started to die. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:1-21

Jeremiah’s Eighth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim?). The Impending Drought and other WoesDialogue between the prophet and God. He intercedes; but in vain, for the nation persists in sin. In this section we probably see the state of matters in the early part of Jehoiakim’s reign. There is no historical allusion to the drought which formed the occasion of the prophecy. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 14:1-22

1-6. Description of the drought.2. The gates thereof languish] Figurative of the people who collect there. They are black unto] RV ’They sit in black (mourning) upon.’3. Covered their heads] as a sign of grief or confusion: cp. David (2 Samuel 19:4) and Haman (Esther 6:12). 6. They snuffed up the wind] RV ’They pant for air.’ Dragons] RV ’jackals.’7-22. Jeremiah’s pleadings and God’s replies.7. Do thou it] RV ’work thou.’8. As a stranger, etc.] one who has no interest in the people. Turneth... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 14:6

(6) The wild asses.—From the field the prophet’s eye turns to the bare hill-tops of the “high places,” and sees a scene of like distress. The “wild asses” seem turned to beasts of prey, and stand gaping for thirst, as the jackals (not “dragons”—comp. Jeremiah 9:11) stand panting for their prey. By some scholars the word is taken as meaning, like a kindred word in Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 32:2, “crocodiles,” with their wide gaping jaws.There was no grass.—The word is not the same as that in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

CHAPTER IXTHE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONSJeremiah 14:1-22; Jeremiah 15:1-21 (17?)VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these chapters. They have been cut up into short sections, supposed to be more or less independent of each other; and they have been regarded as constituting a well-organised whole, at least so far as the eighteenth verse of chapter 17. The truth may lie between these extremes. Chapters 14, 15 certainly hang together; for in them the prophet... read more