Jeremiah 14:2-4 WEB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 14:2

Jeremiah 14:2. Judah mourneth The people of Judah and Jerusalem, here considered collectively, and represented as a mother oppressed with grief for the miseries which have come upon her children. And the gates languish, they are black “They are in deep mourning:” so Blaney, who observes, “The gates of cities, being places of public resort, where the courts of justice were held, and other common business transacted, seem here to be put for the persons wont to meet there; in like manner as... 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 14:2

Judah . . . Jerusalem. Country and city. gates. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the people assembling there. are black = sit in black. Compare Jeremiah 8:21 ; Jeremiah 13:18 . Job 2:8 , Job 2:13 .Isaiah 3:26 ; Isaiah 15:3 .Psalms 35:14 . 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 14:2

Jeremiah 14:2. Judah mourneth— The prophet represents Jerusalem as a mother who has lost her children, and who is oppressed with grief. The gates are put for the city. Instead of, Its gates languish, &c. Houbigant reads, Its crops fall down and grow black upon the earth. 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:2

2. gates—The place of public concourse in each city looks sad, as being no longer frequented (Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 24:4). black—that is, they mourn (blackness being indicative of sorrow), (Isaiah 24:4- :). unto the ground—bowing towards it. cry—of distress (1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 24:11). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:3

3. little ones—rather, "their inferiors," that is, domestics. pits—cisterns for collecting rain water, often met with in the East where there are no springs. covered . . . heads— (2 Samuel 15:30). A sign of humiliation and mourning. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 14:2

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 14:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 14:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 14:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 14:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 14:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 14:3

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