“(Verse 4) Because of the desolation of the land (or the works of the land, for they failed), because there was no rain upon the land: the farmers were confused, they covered their heads. Because of the desolation of the land, or rather, because the works of the land have failed, through which we come to know God. And…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah
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4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
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2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
— Jeremiah 14:4 —
5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6And 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.