Geremia 14:5

5 Ed anche la cerva, per li campi, avendo figliato, ha abandonati i suoi cerbiatti; perciocchè non vi era alcuna erba.

Geremia 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 14:5

Yea, the hind also calved in the field
Or brought forth her young in the field; of which see ( Job 39:1-4 ) , and which they sometimes did through fear, particularly when frightened with thunder and lightning; and which are common in a time of heat and drought, which is the case here; see ( Psalms 29:9 ) of these sort of creatures there were great plenty in Judea and the parts adjacent. Aelianus F26 says, the harts in Syria are bred on the highest mountains, Amanus, Lebanon, and Carmel; which were mountains on the borders of the land of Canaan; and the flesh of these was much used for food by the Jews; see ( Deuteronomy 12:15 Deuteronomy 12:22 ) ( Deuteronomy 14:4 Deuteronomy 14:5 ) ( 15:22 ) : and forsook it;
which, as it is a loving creature to its mate, so very careful of its young, and provident for it, and nourishes it, as Pliny


FOOTNOTES:

F1 observes. The reason of such uncommon usage follows: because there was no grass;
for the hind to feed upon, and so had no milk to suckle its young with; and therefore left it to seek for grass elsewhere, that it might have food for itself, and milk for its young.
F26 De Anima. l. 5. c. 56.
F1 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 32.

Geremia 14:5 In-Context

3 Ed i più onorati d’infra loro hanno mandata per dell’acqua la lor piccola gente; ed essa, venuta alle fosse, non ha trovata acqua alcuna; se ne son tornati co’ vasi vuoti; hanno avuta vergogna, e sono stati confusi, ed hanno coperto il capo loro.
4 Conciossiachè la terra sia stata trita, perciocchè non vi è stata alcuna pioggia nel paese; i lavoratori sono stati confusi, ed han coperto il capo loro.
5 Ed anche la cerva, per li campi, avendo figliato, ha abandonati i suoi cerbiatti; perciocchè non vi era alcuna erba.
6 E gli asini salvatici si son fermati sopra i luoghi elevati, ed han sorbito il vento, come sciacalli; gli occhi loro son venuti meno; perciocchè non vi era erba alcuna.
7 O Signore, se le nostre iniquità rendono testimonianza contro a noi, opera per amor del tuo Nome; perciocchè le nostre ribellioni son moltiplicate, noi abbiamo peccato contro a te.
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