Jeremiah 14:4 “The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farm…”

Jeremiah 14:4

The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the grounde was destroyed, because there was no rayne in the earth: the plowmen were ashamed, and couered their heads.

Darby 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.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“the ground”

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

Deuteronomy 29:23 · BSB

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce an…

Leviticus 26:19 · BSB

I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

Leviticus 26:20 · BSB

and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:23 · BSB

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

Deuteronomy 28:24 · BSB

The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Joel 1:19 · BSB

To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

“the plowmen”

Joel 1:11 Joel 1:17

Joel 1:11 · BSB

Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:17 · BSB

The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

Also

Jeremiah 3:3

Jeremiah 3:3 · BSB

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

5Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

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