Jeremia 14:4

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For jordens skyld, som er forferdet fordi det ikke kommer regn i landet, er jordbrukerne skuffet, de tilhyller sitt hode.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the ground: Leviticus 26:19, Leviticus 26:20, Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 28:24, Deuteronomy 29:23, Joel 1:19, Joel 1:20

the plowmen: Joel 1:11, Joel 1:17

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 9:19 - the seer 2 Samuel 15:30 - his head covered Esther 6:12 - having Job 6:20 - confounded Job 9:24 - he covereth Job 36:33 - the cattle Isaiah 19:7 - every Jeremiah 3:3 - the showers Jeremiah 14:3 - covered Amos 4:7 - I have Haggai 1:6 - have Zechariah 14:17 - even

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because the ground is chapt,.... Through the violent heat of the sun, and want of rain; or, is broken y; 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 Judea only, not of the whole earth:

the ploughmen were ashamed; because they could not work the earth with their plough; were obliged to sit still, could do no work, or go on with their husbandry; nothing could be done for want of rain: they covered their heads; as before; :-.

y חתה "confracta", Schmidt; "attritam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is chapt - Rather, is dismayed. “The ground” is used metaphorically for the people who until the ground.

In the earth - i. e., “in the land.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 14:4. The ground is chapt — The cracks in the earth before the descent of the rains are in some places a cubit wide, and deep enough to receive the greater part of a human body.