Yēlìmǐshū 14:4

4 Gēngdì de yĕ méng xiū bào tóu . yīnwei wú yǔ jiàng zaì dì shang , dì dōu gān liĕ .

Yēlìmǐshū 14:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 14:4

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).

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (htx) "confracta", Schmidt; "attritam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Yēlìmǐshū 14:4 In-Context

2 Yóudà bēiāi , chéng mén shuāi baì . zhòngrén pī shang hēi yǐ zuò zaì dì shang . Yēlùsǎlĕng de āi shēng shàngdá .

3 Tāmende guìzhòu dǎfa jiā zhuàng dá shuǐ . tāmen lái dào shuǐ chí , jiàn méiyǒu shuǐ , jiù ná zhe kōng qìmǐn , méng xiūcán kuì , bào tóu ér huí .

4 Gēngdì de yĕ méng xiū bào tóu . yīnwei wú yǔ jiàng zaì dì shang , dì dōu gān liĕ .

5 Tiānyĕ de mǔ lù shēng xià xiǎo lù , jiù piĕ qì , yīnwei wú cǎo .

6 Yĕ lü zhàn zaì jìng guāng de gāo chù , chaúnqì hǎoxiàng yĕ gǒu . yīnwei wú cǎo , yǎnmù shī míng .