John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:4
Because the ground is chapt ,.... Through the violent heat of the sun, and want of rain; or, is broken F25 חתה "confracta", Schmidt; "attritam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; and crumbles into dust. The Targum is, "because of sins, the inhabitants of the earth are broken:' for there was no rain in the earth ; this was the reason of the dearth, and of the famine, and why there was no water in the pits, and the ground was parched. It is to be understood of the land of... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:1-9
The first verse is the title of the whole chapter: it does indeed all concern the dearth, but much of it consists of the prophet's prayers concerning it; yet these are not unfitly said to be, The word of the Lord which came to him concerning it, for every acceptable prayer is that which God puts into our hearts; nothing is our word that comes to him but what is first his word that comes from him. In these verses we have, I. The language of nature lamenting the calamity. When the heavens were... read more