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The farmers are deeply troubled; they, too, cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land. The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land; The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land; The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Because the ground is dismayed, For there has been no rain on the land, The farmers have been put to shame; They have covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The ground is cracked Because there has been no rain on the land; The farmers are distressed, And they have covered their heads [in shame].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />There has been no rain, and farmers feel sick as they watch cracks appear in the dry ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Because of the ground which is chapt, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Because there is no rain and the ground is dried up, the farmers are sick at heart; they hide their faces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The ground is cracked, because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed, and they cover their heads in shame. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain on the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Because the ground has been broken, "" For there has been no rain in the land, "" Farmers have been ashamed, "" They have covered their head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the land was broken, for there was no rain in the land; the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their head.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were confounded, they covered their heads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of the devastation of the earth, because rain did not fall upon the earth, the farmers were confounded; they covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />because of the ruined soil; Because there is no rain in the land the farmers are confounded, they cover their heads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />because the ground is cracked. Because there has been no rain on the land the farmers are dismayed; they cover their heads.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because of the evil deeds of the land, the ground is parched, no rain has fallen upon it; the farmers are ashamed, they covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of the deeds of the land there was no rain. The farmers were disgraced and they covered their heads<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Because of the ground which is cracked, For there hath been no rain in the land, The plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4178" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5668.htm" title="5668: ba·‘ă·ḇūr (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or rabur; passive participle of abar; properly, crossed, i.e. transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">The ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/2865.htm" title="2865: ḥat·tāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either by violence, or by confusion and fear.">is cracked</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1653.htm" title="1653: ḡe·šem (N-ms) -- Rain, shower. From gasham; a shower.">rain</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">has fallen on the land.</a> <a href="/hebrew/406.htm" title="406: ’ik·kā·rîm (N-mp) -- A plowman, husbandman. From an unused root meaning to dig; a farmer.">The farmers</a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: bō·šū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">are ashamed;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2645.htm" title="2645: ḥā·p̄ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To cover. A primitive root; to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect.">they cover</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rō·šām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">their heads.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-12</a></span><br />The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7-8</a></span><br />“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a></span><br />I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23-24</a></span><br />The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. / The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a></span><br />Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10-11</a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19-20</a></span><br />I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, / and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13</a></span><br />If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Ezekiel 14:13</a></span><br />“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Zechariah 8:10-12</a></span><br />For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor. / But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts. / “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a></span><br />that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17-18</a></span><br />Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-6.htm">Revelation 11:6</a></span><br />These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25</a></span><br />But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a></span><br />Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Because the ground is beat down, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.</p><p class="hdg">the ground.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19,20</a></b></br> And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23,24</a></b></br> And thy heaven that <i>is</i> over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that <i>is</i> under thee <i>shall be</i> iron… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a></b></br> <i>And that</i> the whole land thereof <i>is</i> brimstone, and salt, <i>and</i> burning, <i>that</i> it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:</p><p class="hdg">the plowmen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Joel 1:11,17</a></b></br> Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Cracked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-2.htm">Dismayed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-5.htm">Farmers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-21.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm">Husbandmen</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-5.htm">Plowmen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-9.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-17.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-5.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-8.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/joshua/9-13.htm">Cracked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Dismayed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Farmers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-4.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-18.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-24.htm">Husbandmen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-16.htm">Plowmen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-21.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">The grievous famine,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">causes Jeremiah to pray.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">The Lord will not be entreated for the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">false prophets are no excuse for them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, agriculture was heavily dependent on seasonal rains. Cracked ground signifies extreme dryness and a lack of moisture necessary for crops to grow. This imagery is often used in the Bible to symbolize spiritual barrenness and judgment from God (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4</a>).<p><b>because no rain has fallen on the land.</b><br>Rain was seen as a blessing from God, essential for survival and prosperity. The absence of rain indicates divine displeasure and serves as a form of judgment. In <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23-24</a>, lack of rain is listed as a curse for disobedience. This drought can be seen as a fulfillment of such warnings, emphasizing the covenant relationship between God and His people.<p><b>The farmers are ashamed;</b><br>Farmers, who rely on the land for their livelihood, experience shame due to their inability to produce crops. In an agrarian society, failure to provide for one's family and community was a source of deep embarrassment. This shame also reflects a spiritual dimension, as the people recognize their dependence on God for sustenance and the consequences of their collective sin.<p><b>they cover their heads.</b><br>Covering one's head is a traditional expression of mourning and despair in ancient cultures, including Israel. This act signifies deep sorrow and repentance. In <a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">2 Samuel 15:30</a>, David covers his head as he flees from Absalom, indicating grief and humility. Here, it underscores the farmers' acknowledgment of their helplessness and the need for divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep personal suffering and a profound sense of duty to God's word.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing severe drought and impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_farmers.htm">The Farmers</a></b><br>Representing the people of Judah, they are depicted as being in a state of shame and despair due to the drought, which symbolizes the spiritual barrenness of the nation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_drought.htm">The Drought</a></b><br>A physical manifestation of God's judgment on Judah for their sins, serving as a call to repentance and a return to faithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>The physical territory of Judah, which is suffering due to the lack of rain, symbolizing the spiritual desolation of the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_drought_and_repentance.htm">Spiritual Drought and Repentance</a></b><br>Just as physical drought leads to cracked ground, spiritual drought results from a lack of connection with God. Believers are called to examine their lives for areas of spiritual dryness and seek God's forgiveness and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/shame_and_humility.htm">Shame and Humility</a></b><br>The farmers' shame reflects the appropriate response to sin. True repentance involves acknowledging our failures and humbling ourselves before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The drought reminds us of our dependence on God for both physical and spiritual sustenance. In times of need, we must turn to Him as our ultimate provider.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The drought serves as a tangible reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's commands. It encourages believers to remain faithful and obedient to His word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>While the drought signifies judgment, it also points to the hope of restoration. God desires to heal and restore His people when they turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'not_my_will'_mean.htm">What do 'Latter Rain' and 'Former Rain' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer._12_4_align_with_evidence.htm">Does Jeremiah 12:4's description of a mourning land and withered vegetation align with any verifiable historical or archaeological evidence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_drought_in_jeremiah_14_1-6.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6: Does any historical or archeological evidence confirm or challenge the account of a severe drought at that time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_droughts_in_haggai_natural_events.htm">Could the drought and crop failures (Haggai 1:9-11) be purely natural occurrences rather than direct punishment from God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">The ground is chapt.</span>--The word is so vivid as describing the long fissures of the soil in a time of drought that one admits with reluctance that no such meaning is found in the Hebrew word, which simply means <span class= "ital">is struck with terror. </span>The translators apparently followed Luther, who gives <span class= "ital">lechzet</span>--"languishes for thirst," "gapes open with exhaustion," and so applied to the earth, "is cracked or chapt."<p>As the "gates" in <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm" title="Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.">Jeremiah 14:2</a> stood for the people of the city, so the "ground" stands here as in visible sympathy with the tillers of the soil, the "plowmen" of the next clause.<p><span class= "bld">They covered their heads.</span>--There is a singular, almost awful, pathos in the iteration of this description. Cities and country alike are plunged into the utter blackness of despair.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The ground is chapt</span>. Perhaps: but it is more obvious to render, <span class="accented">is dismayed</span>, 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 Ver. 2). <span class="cmt_word">In the earth</span>; rather, <span class="accented">in the land</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The ground</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲדָמָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is cracked</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֔תָּה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥat·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2865.htm">Strong's 2865: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rain</span><br /><span class="heb">גֶ֖שֶׁם</span> <span class="translit">(ḡe·šem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1653.htm">Strong's 1653: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rain, shower</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has fallen on the land.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The farmers</span><br /><span class="heb">אִכָּרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ik·kā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_406.htm">Strong's 406: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plowman, husbandman</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are ashamed;</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּ֥שׁוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_954.htm">Strong's 954: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they cover</span><br /><span class="heb">חָפ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·p̄ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2645.htm">Strong's 2645: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to veil, to encase, protect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their heads.</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹאשָֽׁם׃</span> <span class="translit">(rō·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/14-4.htm">Jeremiah 14:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 14:4 Because of the ground which is cracked (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/14-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>