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Jeremiah 14:3 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 14 · verse 3
And 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 14:3 · King James Version
Jeremiah 14:3 in context
1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
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.
4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- returnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- vesselskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- noblesʼaddîyrwide or largeH117 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- foundmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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The first verse is the title of the whole chapter: it does indeed all concern the dearth, but much of it consists of the prophet's prayers concerning it; yet these are not unfitly said to be, The word of the Lord which came to him concerning it, for every acceptable prayer is that which God puts into our hearts;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9