Jeremiah Chapter 14 verse 4 Holy Bible
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.
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Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.
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Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.
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Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
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Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
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Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - The ground is chapt. Perhaps: but it is more obvious to render, is dismayed, according to the usual meaning of the word. Words which properly belong to human beings are often, by a "poetic fallacy," applied to inanimate objects (as in Ver. 2). In the earth; rather, in the land.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) The ground is chapt.--The word is so vivid as describing the long fissures of the soil in a time of drought that one admits with reluctance that no such meaning is found in the Hebrew word, which simply means is struck with terror. The translators apparently followed Luther, who gives lechzet--"languishes for thirst," "gapes open with exhaustion," and so applied to the earth, "is cracked or chapt."As the "gates" in Jeremiah 14:2 stood for the people of the city, so the "ground" stands here as in visible sympathy with the tillers of the soil, the "plowmen" of the next clause.They covered their heads.--There is a singular, almost awful, pathos in the iteration of this description. Cities and country alike are plunged into the utter blackness of despair.