For the fortress was left, the multitude of the city was forsaken; the hill and the watch-tower for caves even forever; the rejoicing of the wild asses a pasture of the flocks;
Jeremiah 14:6 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And the wild asses stood upon the naked hills, they panted after the wind as the jackals; their eyes failed because no grass. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 fortress was left, the multitude of the city was forsaken; the hill and the watch-tower for caves even forever; the rejoicing of the wild asses a pasture of the flocks;
A wild ass accustomed to the desert in gratifying her soul, panting after the wind in her heat; who shall turn her back? all seeking her will not be wearied; in her new moon they shall find her.
Continuing, yet our eyes will fail, for our help in vain: in our watching we watched for a nation it will not save us.
How the beasts groaned! the herds of oxen wept, for no pasture to them; also the flocks of sheep were laid waste.
And Jonathan will say, My father troubled the land: see, now, that mine eyes saw, because I tasted a little of this honey.