For the palace will be forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, the joy of wild asses, a pasture for flocks;
Jeremiah 14:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The wild asses stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no herbage. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals or crocodiles; their eyesight fails because there is no grass. American Standard Version (1901) And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage. Common English Bible The wild donkeys stand on the well-traveled paths, panting like thirsty dogs; they go blind since there’s nothing to eat. Catholic Public Domain Version And the wild donkeys stood upon the rocks; like dragons, they drew in the wind, but their eyes failed. For there was no grass." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the wild asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons: their eyes failed, because there was no grass. |
For the palace will be forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, the joy of wild asses, a pasture for flocks;
a wild ass at home in the wilderness in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.
Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; we were watching eagerly for a nation that could not save.
Because of this our hearts are sick; because of these things our eyes have grown dim:
How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander about because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are perishing.
Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land; see how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.