So you will eventually leave Egypt, too.\par And you will hide your face in shame.\par You trusted those countries.\par But the Lord rejected those countries,\par
Jeremiah 14:4 - Easy To Read Version No person prepares the ground for crops. {\cf2\super [120]} \par No rain falls on the land.\par The farmers are depressed.\par So they cover their heads from shame.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 Because the ground is cracked due to lack of rain, the farmers too are ashamed; they cover their heads. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of the devastation of the earth, because rain did not fall upon the earth, the farmers were confounded; they covered their heads. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were confounded: they covered their heads. |
So you will eventually leave Egypt, too.\par And you will hide your face in shame.\par You trusted those countries.\par But the Lord rejected those countries,\par
You sinned, so the rain has not come.\par There have not been any springtime rains.\par But still you refuse to be ashamed.\par The look on your face is like the look\par that a prostitute has when she\par refuses to be ashamed.\par You refuse to be ashamed of what you did.\par
Be sad, farmers!\par Cry loud, grape farmers!\par \{Cry\} for the wheat and for the barley! {\cf2\super [4]} \par Why? Because the harvest in the field is lost.\par
\{We planted seeds,\} but the seeds became dry and dead lying in the soil. Our plants are dry and dead. Our barns are empty and falling down.
“After these things, if you still don’t obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
So the people from two or three cities staggered to another city to get water—but there was not enough water for every person. Still you didn’t come to me for help.” The Lord said those things.
All the land will be useless—destroyed by burning sulfur and covered with salt. The land will have nothing planted in it. Nothing will be growing—not even weeds. The land will be destroyed like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, the cities the Lord destroyed when he was very angry.