Jeremiah 14:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.”
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“The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 14:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:19I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- Deuteronomy 28:23The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
- Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Joel 1:11Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
- Joel 1:17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
- Joel 1:19To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
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