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
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Albert Barnes
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
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 14:3
to the waters: i.e. to fetch water. and. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this "and" in the text. covered their heads. The symbol of mourning (2 Samuel 15:30 ; 2 Samuel 19:4 .Esther 6:12; Esther 6:12 ). read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 14:4
chapt = cleft, cracked, open in slits. From Old Dutch, "koppen", to cut off; "kappen", to cut, or chop (hence Eng. "chops", from Eng. "chapped" and "chip"). Gk. koptein, to cut. Hebrew here, hathath = to be broken. ashamed. Absence of rain causes today great anxiety (Job 29:23 ). read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 14:6
wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . dragons = jackals. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 14:3
Jeremiah 14:3. Little ones to the waters, &c.— Their younger ones for water. Jeremiah 14:6. The wild asses, &c.] The wild asses stood upon the cliffs. These animals are said to stand on the high places or cliffs, because in that situation the current of air is stronger and cooler than in lower places: and for the same reason it is that they are said to snuff up the air like dragons, because they are reputed to delight in cool places. The LXX. omit the words like dragons. AElian tells... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:3
Little ones - mean ones, the common people. The word is unique to Jeremiah Jeremiah 48:4.The pits - i. e., tanks for holding water.Covered their heads - The sign of grief. read more