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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 14:4 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 14:4	Strong Concordance	Because the ground [0127] is chapt [02865], for there was no rain [01653] in the earth [0776], the plowmen [0406] were ashamed [0954], they covered [02645] their heads [07218].
	King James	Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Is chapt - Rather, is dismayed. "The ground" is used metaphorically for the people who until the ground. In the earth - i. e., "in the land."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Is chapt - Rather, is dismayed. "The ground" is used metaphorically for the people who until the ground.

In the earth - i. e., "in the land."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The ground is chapt - The cracks in the earth before the descent of the rains are in some places a cubit wide, and deep enough to receive the greater part of a human body.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The ground is chapt - The cracks in the earth before the descent of the rains are in some places a cubit wide, and deep enough to receive the greater part of a human body.

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