Jeremiah 14:1

The NET Bible®

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought.

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 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:

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."

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

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought. ² "The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem. ³ The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands. ⁴ 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. ⁵ Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass. ⁶ Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found." ⁷ Then I said, "O Lord , intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you. ⁸ You have been the object of Israel's hopes. You have saved them when they were in trouble. Why have you become like a resident foreigner in the land? Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night? ⁹ Why should you be like someone who is helpless, like a champion who cannot save anyone? You are indeed with us, and we belong to you. Do not abandon us!"

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 were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 11:2
When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

Isaiah 11:11
At that time the sovereign master will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts.

Isaiah 21:2
I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"

Isaiah 22:6
The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.

Isaiah 37:12
Were the nations whom my predecessors destroyed—the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar—rescued by their gods?

Jeremiah 25:25
all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media;

Ezekiel 32:24
"Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave; all of them struck down by the sword. They went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, those who spread terror in the land of the living. Now they will bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

Daniel 1:2
Now the Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, along with some of the vessels of the temple of God. He brought them to the land of Babylonia to the temple of his god and put the vessels in the treasury of his god.

Zechariah 5:11
He replied, "To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence."

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.