Jeremiah 14:4 The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.

English Standard Version
Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

New American Standard Bible
"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.

King James Bible
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

International Standard Version
The ground is cracked, because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed, and they cover their heads in shame.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were confounded, they covered their heads.

Darby Bible Translation
Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

Young's Literal Translation
Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:37
Yes, you shall go forth from him, and your hands on your head: for the LORD has rejected your confidences, and you shall not prosper in them.

Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a whore's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

Joel 1:11
Be you ashamed, O you farmers; howl, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

Joel 1:19
O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

Joel 1:20
The beasts of the field cry also to you: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Amos 4:8
So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

14:1-9 The people were in tears. But it was rather the cry of their trouble, and of their sin, than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water, that we may not be taught to value it by feeling the want of it. See what dependence husbandmen have upon the Divine providence. They cannot plough nor sow in hope, unless God water their furrows. The case even of the wild beasts was very pitiable. The people are not forward to pray, but the prophet prays for them. Sin is humbly confessed. Our sins not only accuse us, but answer against us. Our best pleas in prayer are those fetched from the glory of God's own name. We should dread God's departure, more than the removal of our creature-comforts. He has given Israel his word to hope in. It becomes us in prayer to show ourselves more concerned for God's glory than for our own comfort. And if we now return to the Lord, he will save us to the glory of his grace.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. little ones—rather, "their inferiors," that is, domestics.

pits—cisterns for collecting rain water, often met with in the East where there are no springs.

covered … heads—(2Sa 15:30). A sign of humiliation and mourning.