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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 14:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 14:1 |
Strong Concordance |
The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] that came to Jeremiah [03414] concerning [01697] the dearth [01226]. |
| |
King James |
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
PROPHECIES ON THE OCCASION OF A DROUGHT SENT IN JUDGMENT ON JUDEA. (Jer. 14:1-22)
Literally, "That which was the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah concerning the dearth"
drought--literally, the "withholdings," namely, of rain (Deu 11:17; Ch2 7:13). This word should be used especially of the withholding of rain because rain is in those regions of all things the one chiefly needed (Jer 17:8, Margin). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The dearth - Really, the drought, |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
dearth
The significance of a drought at this time was very great. It was one of the signs predicted in the Palestinian Covenant (Deu 28:23); (Deu 28:24) and already fulfilled in part in the reign of Ahab. (Kg1 17:1); etc. As that sign had been followed, even though after a long interval, by the Assyrian captivity of the northern kingdom, it should have been received by Judah as a most solemn warning. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Uselessness of Prayer on behalf of the People. - The title in Jer 14:1 specifies the occasion for the following discourse: What came a word of Jahveh to Jeremiah concerning the drought. - Besides here, אשׁר היה is made to precede the דבר יהוה in Jer 46:1; Jer 47:1; Jer 49:34; and so, by a kind of attraction, the prophecy which follows receivers an outward connection with that which precedes. Concerning the matters of the droughts. בּצּרות, plur. of בּצּרה, Psa 9:10; Psa 10:1, might mean harassments, troubles in general. But the description of a great drought, with which the prophecy begins, taken along with Jer 17:8, where בּצּרת occurs, meaning drought, lit., cutting off, restraint of rain, shows that the plural here is to be referred to the sing. בּצּרת (cf. עשׁתּרות from עשׁתּרת), and that it means the withholding of rain or drought (as freq. in Chald.). We must note the plur., which is not to be taken as intensive of a great drought, but points to repeated droughts. Withdrawal of rain was threatened as a judgment against the despisers of God's word (Lev 26:19.; Deu 11:17; Deu 28:23); and this chastisement has at various times been inflicted on the sinful people; cf. Jer 3:3; Jer 12:4; Jer 23:10; Hag 1:10. As the occasion of the present prophecy, we have therefore to regard not a single great drought, but a succession of droughts. Hence we cannot fix the time at which the discourse was composed, since we have no historical notices as to the particular times at which God was then punishing His people by withdrawing the rain. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The word - that came - concerning the dearth - This discourse is supposed to have been delivered, after the fourth year of Jehoiakim. Concerning the dearth. We have no historic record of any dearth that may fall in with the time of this prophecy, and perhaps it does not refer to any particular dearth: but this was a calamity to which Judea was very liable. They had ordinarily very dry summers, for scarcely any rain fell from April to the middle of October; and during much of this time, the rivers were generally either very low or entirely dry. They kept the rain of the winter in tanks and reservoirs; and if little fell in winter, a dearth was unavoidable. See an account of a dearth in the time of Elijah, Kg1 18:5, through which almost all the cattle were lost. |
8 For he shall be as a tree [06086] planted [08362] by the waters [04325], and that spreadeth out [07971] her roots [08328] by the river [03105], and shall not see [07200] when heat [02527] cometh [0935], but her leaf [05929] shall be green [07488]; and shall not be careful [01672] in the year [08141] of drought [01226], neither shall cease [04185] from yielding [06213] fruit [06529].
13 If [02005] I shut up [06113] heaven [08064] that there be no rain [04306], or if I command [06680] the locusts [02284] to devour [0398] the land [0776], or if I send [07971] pestilence [01698] among my people [05971];
17 And then the LORD'S [03068] wrath [0639] be kindled [02734] against you, and he shut up [06113] the heaven [08064], that there be no rain [04306], and that the land [0127] yield [05414] not her fruit [02981]; and lest ye perish [06] quickly [04120] from off the good [02896] land [0776] which the LORD [03068] giveth [05414] you.
1 And Elijah [0452] the Tishbite [08664], who was of the inhabitants [08453] of Gilead [01568], said [0559] unto Ahab [0256], As the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] liveth [02416], before [06440] whom I stand [05975], there shall not be dew [02919] nor rain [04306] these years [08141], but according [06310] to my word [01697].
24 The LORD [03068] shall make [05414] the rain [04306] of thy land [0776] powder [080] and dust [06083]: from heaven [08064] shall it come down [03381] upon thee, until thou be destroyed [08045].
23 And thy heaven [08064] that is over thy head [07218] shall be brass [05178], and the earth [0776] that is under thee shall be iron [01270].
10 Therefore the heaven [08064] over you is stayed [03607] from dew [02919], and the earth [0776] is stayed [03607] from her fruit [02981].
10 For the land [0776] is full [04390] of adulterers [05003]; for because [06440] of swearing [0423] the land [0776] mourneth [056]; the pleasant places [04999] of the wilderness [04057] are dried up [03001], and their course [04794] is evil [07451], and their force [01369] is not right.
4 How long shall the land [0776] mourn [056], and the herbs [06212] of every field [07704] wither [03001], for the wickedness [07451] of them that dwell [03427] therein? the beasts [0929] are consumed [05595], and the birds [05775]; because they said [0559], He shall not see [07200] our last end [0319].
3 Therefore the showers [07241] have been withholden [04513], and there hath been no latter rain [04456]; and thou hadst a whore's [02181] [0802] forehead [04696], thou refusedst [03985] to be ashamed [03637].
23 And thy heaven [08064] that is over thy head [07218] shall be brass [05178], and the earth [0776] that is under thee shall be iron [01270].
17 And then the LORD'S [03068] wrath [0639] be kindled [02734] against you, and he shut up [06113] the heaven [08064], that there be no rain [04306], and that the land [0127] yield [05414] not her fruit [02981]; and lest ye perish [06] quickly [04120] from off the good [02896] land [0776] which the LORD [03068] giveth [05414] you.
19 And I will break [07665] the pride [01347] of your power [05797]; and I will make [05414] your heaven [08064] as iron [01270], and your earth [0776] as brass [05154]:
8 For he shall be as a tree [06086] planted [08362] by the waters [04325], and that spreadeth out [07971] her roots [08328] by the river [03105], and shall not see [07200] when heat [02527] cometh [0935], but her leaf [05929] shall be green [07488]; and shall not be careful [01672] in the year [08141] of drought [01226], neither shall cease [04185] from yielding [06213] fruit [06529].
1 Why standest [05975] thou afar off [07350], O LORD [03068]? why hidest [05956] thou thyself in times [06256] of trouble [06869]?
10 And they that know [03045] thy name [08034] will put their trust [0982] in thee: for thou, LORD [03068], hast not forsaken [05800] them that seek [01875] thee.
34 The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] that came to Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] against Elam [05867] in the beginning [07225] of the reign [04438] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], saying [0559],
1 The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] that came to Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] against the Philistines [06430], before that Pharaoh [06547] smote [05221] Gaza [05804].
1 The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] which came to Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] against the Gentiles [01471];
1 The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] that came to Jeremiah [03414] concerning [01697] the dearth [01226].
5 And Ahab [0256] said [0559] unto Obadiah [05662], Go [03212] into the land [0776], unto all fountains [04599] of water [04325], and unto all brooks [05158]: peradventure [0194] we may find [04672] grass [02682] to save [02421] the horses [05483] and mules [06505] alive [02421], that we lose [03772] not all the beasts [0929].