Jeremiah 14:1

THE MESSAGE

God 's Message that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought: "Judah weeps, her cities mourn. The people fall to the ground, moaning, while sounds of Jerusalem's sobs rise up, up. The rich people sent their servants for water. They went to the cisterns, but the cisterns were dry. They came back with empty buckets, wringing their hands, shaking their heads. All the farm work has stopped. Not a drop of rain has fallen. The farmers don't know what to do. They wring their hands, they shake their heads. Even the doe abandons her fawn in the field because there is no grass— Eyes glazed over, on her last legs, nothing but skin and bones."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD that came to Yirmeyahu concerning the drought.

King James Version
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

English Standard Version
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

New American Standard Bible
That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah regarding the drought:

New Century Version
These are the words that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the time when there was no rain:

Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde of the Lord that came vnto Ieremiah, concerning the dearth.

Legacy Standard Bible
That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah in regard to the drought:

Berean Standard Bible
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Contemporary English Version
When there had been no rain for a long time, the Lord told me to say to the people:

Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai that came to Yirmeyahu concerning the drought:

Darby Translation
The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

Easy-to-Read Version
This is the Lord 's message to Jeremiah about the drought:

George Lamsa Translation
THE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

Good News Translation
The Lord said to me concerning the drought,

Lexham English Bible
That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah concerning the matter of the severe drought.

Literal Translation
That which was the Word of Jehovah to Jeremiah concerning the matter of droughts.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The worde of the LORDE shewed vnto Ieremy, cocernynge ye derth off the frutes.

American Standard Version
The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

Bible in Basic English
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.

King James Version (1611)
The word of the Lord that came to Ieremiah concerning the dearth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremie concernyng the dearth of the fruites.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS CONCERNING THE DROUGHT.

English Revised Version
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The word of the Lord, that was maad to Jeremye, of the wordis of dryenesse.

Update Bible Version
The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

Webster's Bible Translation
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.

New King James Version
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.

New Living Translation
This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord , explaining why he was holding back the rain:

New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah when there was no water:

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So much of the word of Yahweh as came unto Jeremiah, concerning the matter of the drought: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias concerning the words of the drought.

Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Young's Literal Translation
That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in regard to the drought:

Contextual Overview

¹ God 's Message that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought: "Judah weeps, her cities mourn. The people fall to the ground, moaning, while sounds of Jerusalem's sobs rise up, up. The rich people sent their servants for water. They went to the cisterns, but the cisterns were dry. They came back with empty buckets, wringing their hands, shaking their heads. All the farm work has stopped. Not a drop of rain has fallen. The farmers don't know what to do. They wring their hands, they shake their heads. Even the doe abandons her fawn in the field because there is no grass— Eyes glazed over, on her last legs, nothing but skin and bones." ⁷We know we're guilty. We've lived bad lives— but do something, God . Do it for your sake! Time and time again we've betrayed you. No doubt about it—we've sinned against you. Hope of Israel! Our only hope! Israel's last chance in this trouble! Why are you acting like a tourist, taking in the sights, here today and gone tomorrow? Why do you just stand there and stare, like someone who doesn't know what to do in a crisis? But God , you are, in fact, here, here with us! You know who we are—you named us! Don't leave us in the lurch.

Bible Verse Review
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The word: This discourse is supposed to have been delivered after the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The Hebrew batzaroth rendered dearth, signifies restraint, that is, "when the heaven is shut up that there is no rain;" which Houbigant thinks happened early in the reign of Zedekiah.

the dearth: Heb. the words of the dearths, or restraints, Jeremiah 17:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:10 - was a Genesis 41:55 - famished Genesis 47:13 - so that Leviticus 26:19 - make Deuteronomy 11:17 - shut up Deuteronomy 28:23 - General Joshua 15:57 - Timnah Ruth 1:1 - a famine 2 Samuel 21:1 - a famine 2 Samuel 21:14 - God 1 Kings 8:35 - heaven 2 Kings 4:38 - a dearth 2 Chronicles 6:26 - if they pray Haggai 1:10 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Isaiah 11:11
Also on that day, the Master for the second time will reach out to bring back what's left of his scattered people. He'll bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Sinar, Hamath, and the ocean islands.

Ezekiel 32:24
"Elam is there in all her pride, a cemetery—all killed in battle, dumped in her heathen grave with the dead and buried, these people who terrorized the land of the living. They carry their shame with them, along with the others in the grave. They turned Elam into a resort for the pompous dead, landscaped with heathen graves, slaughtered in battle. They once terrorized the land of the living. Now they carry their shame down with the others in deep earth. They're in the section set aside for the slain in battle.

Zechariah 5:11
He said, "East to the land of Shinar. They will build a garage to house it. When it's finished, the basket will be stored there."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. Or, "concerning the words of straints" x; that is, concerning the businesses of a drought, as the Targum; concerning the Lord's restraining rain from the earth, and forbidding the heavens dropping it down; the consequence of which is a drought, or dryness of the earth; and the effect of that a famine; when this was it is not anywhere said; it could not be the famine at the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, because that only affected the city; this all Judea. Some think it was in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, long before the siege; and others, that it was in the reign of Jehoiakim, since we read of a fast in his time, Jeremiah 36:9, which might be on this occasion; and it appears that there was one at this time, though not acceptable to God; see

Jeremiah 14:12.

x על דברי הבצרות "super verbis, cohibitionum", Junius Tremellius "retentionum"; Tigurine version; "prohibitionum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The dearth - Really, the drought,

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIV

This chapter begins with foretelling a drought that should

greatly distress the land of Judea, the effects of which are

described in a most pathetic manner, 1-6.

The prophet then, in the people's name, makes a confession of

sins, and supplication for pardon, 7-9.

But God declares his purpose to punish, forbidding Jeremiah to

pray for the people, 10-12.

False prophets are then complained of, and threatened with

destruction, as are also those who attend to them, 13-16.

The prophet, therefore, bewails their misery, 17, 18;

and though he had just now been forbidden to intercede for

them, yet, like a tender pastor, who could not cease to be

concerned for their welfare, he falls on the happy expedient of

introducing themselves as supplicating in their own name that

mercy which he was not allowed to ask in his, 19-22.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse Jeremiah 14:1. The word - that came - concerning the dearth. — This discourse is supposed to have been delivered, after the fourth year of Jehoiakim. Concerning the dearth. We have no historic record of any dearth that may fall in with the time of this prophecy, and perhaps it does not refer to any particular dearth: but this was a calamity to which Judea was very liable. They had ordinarily very dry summers, for scarcely any rain fell from April to the middle of October; and during much of this time, the rivers were generally either very low or entirely dry. They kept the rain of the winter in tanks and reservoirs; and if little fell in winter, a dearth was unavoidable. See an account of a dearth in the time of Elijah, 1 Kings 18:5, through which almost all the cattle were lost.