Jeremiah 14:1

Legacy Standard Bible

That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah in regard to 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.

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:

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

¹That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah in regard to the drought: ²"Judah mourns,And her gates languish;They sit on the ground in mourning,And the outcry of Jerusalem has gone up. ³Their mighty ones have sent their underlings for water;They have come to the trenches and found no water.They have returned with their vessels empty;They have been put to shame and dishonored,And they cover their heads. ⁴Because the ground is dismayed,For there has been no rain on the land,The farmers have been put to shame;They have covered their heads. ⁵For even the doe in the field has given birth only to forsake her youngBecause there is no grass. ⁶The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;They pant for air like jackals;Their eyes failFor there is no vegetation. ⁷Although our iniquities answer against us,O Yahweh, act for Your name's sake!Truly our acts of faithlessness have been many;We have sinned against You. ⁸O Hope of Israel,Its Savior in time of distress,Why are You like a sojourner in the landOr like a traveler who has pitched his tent to lodge for the night? ⁹Why are You like a man confused,Like a mighty man who cannot save?Yet You are in our midst, O Yahweh,And we are called by Your name;Do not leave 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 and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

Genesis 11:2
And it happened as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Isaiah 11:11
Then it will be in that day, that the LordWill again acquire the second time with His handThe remnant of His people, who will remain,From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath,And from the coastlands of the sea.

Isaiah 21:2
A harsh vision has been declared to me;The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.

Isaiah 22:6
Now Elam took up the quiverWith the chariots, infantry, and horsemen;And Kir uncovered the shield.

Isaiah 37:12
Did the gods of those nations, which my fathers have brought to ruin, deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?

Jeremiah 25:25
and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media,

Ezekiel 32:24
"Elam is there and all her multitude all around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who put their terror in the land of the living and bore their dishonor with those who went down to the pit.

Zechariah 5:11
Then he said to me, "To build a house for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal."

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.