Jeremiah 14:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ “Because the ground became cracked, for there has been no rain in the land. The ploughmen were put to shame, they covered their heads.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Because the ground is cracked and the tillers are dismayed, since there has been no rain on the land, the plowmen are put to shame, and they cover their heads.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ Because the ground is cracked due to lack of rain, the farmers too are ashamed; they cover their heads.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Because of the devastation of the earth, because rain did not fall upon the earth, the farmers were confounded; they covered their heads.

Jeremiah 14:4 Cross References

Jeremiah 2:37

“Even from this one you shall go forth, with your hands on your head. For יהוה  has rejected those you trust, and you shall not prosper by them.

Jeremiah 3:3

“Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain. You have had a whore’s forehead, you refuse to be ashamed.

Joel 1:11

The farmers are ashamed, the vinedressers wail over the wheat and over the barley, for the harvest of the field is destroyed.

Joel 1:17

The seed has rotted under their clods, storehouses are laid waste, granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered.

Leviticus 26:18

‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I shall punish you seven times more for your sins.

Amos 4:8

“Then two or three cities would wander to another city to drink water, but they were not satisfied. But you did not turn back to Me,” declares יהוה.

Deuteronomy 29:23

‘All its land is sulphur, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Seḏ