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Jeremiah 14:1 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. "
Jeremiah 14:1
Verse in Context
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
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Jeremiah 14:2
"Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up."
Jeremiah 14:3
"And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads."
Jeremiah 14:4
"Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads."
Jeremiah 14:5
"Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass."
Jeremiah 14:6
"And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass."
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