Because the ground is chapt Through the violent heat of the sun, and want of rain; or, is broken F25; and crumbles into dust. The Targum is,
``because of sins, the inhabitants of the earth are broken:''
for there was no rain in the earth; this was the reason of the dearth, and of the famine, and why there was no water in the pits, and the ground was parched. It is to be understood of the land of Judea only, not of the whole earth: the ploughmen were ashamed; because they could not work the earth with their plough; were obliged to sit still, could do no work, or go on with their husbandry; nothing could be done for want of rain: they covered their heads; as before; (See Gill on Jeremiah 14:3). FOOTNOTES:
2
De luto está Judá, y sus puertas languidecen, están por tierra enlutadas, y sube el clamor de Jerusalén.
3
Sus nobles enviaban a sus siervos por agua; iban a las cisternas y no hallaban agua; volvían con sus vasijas vacías. Quedaron avergonzados y humillados, y se cubrieron la cabeza.
4
El suelo está agrietado, pues no ha habido lluvia sobre la tierra; los labradores, avergonzados, se han cubierto la cabeza.
5
Porque aún la cierva en el campo ha parido, pero abandona su cría porque no hay hierba.
6
Y los asnos monteses se paran en las alturas desoladas, jadeando por aire como chacales; desfallecen sus ojos porque no hay vegetación.