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
Judá chora, e as suas portas estão enfraquecidas; eles se sentam de luto no chão; e o clamor de Jerusalém já vai subindo.
3
E os seus nobres mandam os seus inferiores buscar água; estes vão �s cisternas, e não acham água; voltam com os seus cântaros vazios; ficam envergonhados e confundidos, e cobrem as suas cabeças.
4
Por causa do solo ressecado, pois que não havia chuva sobre a terra, os lavradores ficam envergonhados e cobrem as suas cabeças.
5
Pois até a cerva no campo pare, e abandona sua cria, porquanto não há erva.
6
E os asnos selvagens se põem nos altos escalvados e, ofegantes, sorvem o ar como os chacais; desfalecem os seus olhos, porquanto não ha erva.