耶利米书 14:4-6 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-6

The miseries produced by lack of water. I. THE BITTER CONSCIOUSNESS THAT AN IMPERATIVE NEED CANNOT BE SATISFIED . Well might there be mourning, languishing, and crying. When we are speaking of need, one of the first questions to be asked is whether the need is natural or artificial. An artificial need, by continued self-indulgence, may come to be very keenly felt; and yet, when circumstances arise which prevent the satisfying of the need, the artificiality of it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-9

Thankfulness through contrast: a harvest sermon. These verses are a terrible picture of drought and famine. Our thankfulness for what God has done for us in the bounteous harvest he has given may be called forth the more by considering the contrast with our happy lot which these verses present. Contrast is a great teacher. It is the black board on which the teacher's white markings are more clearly seen, the dark background of the sky on the face of which the stars shine out the more. Now,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:4

The ground is chapt . Perhaps: but it is more obvious to render, is dismayed , according to the usual meaning of the word. Words which properly belong to human beings are often, by a "poetic fallacy," applied to inanimate objects (as in Jeremiah 14:2 ). In the earth ; rather, in the land . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:5

Even the animals starve. Yea, the hind also . The hind, contrary to that intense natural affection for which she was famous among the ancients, abandons her young. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:6

The wild asses … in the high places ; rather, on the bare heights . " The wild asses," says a traveler cited by Rosenmüller," are especially fond of treeless mountains." Like dragons ; render rather, like jackals ( as Jeremiah 9:11 ; Jeremiah 10:22 ). The allusion is to the way jackals hold their head as they howl. We are told that even the keen eyes of the wild asses fail, because there was [is] no grass ; rather, herbage . They grow dim first with seeking it so long... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:4

Is 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 more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:6

Like dragons - “Like jackals” Jeremiah 9:11.No grass - The keen sight of the wild donkey is well known, but they look around in vain for herb. read more

Joseph Benson

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 14:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:6

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

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