Jeremias 14:5

5 Pois até a cerva no campo pare, e abandona sua cria, porquanto não há erva.

Jeremias 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

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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.

Jeremias 14:5 In-Context

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.

7 Posto que as nossas iniqüidades testifiquem contra nós, ó Senhor, opera tu por amor do teu nome; porque muitas são as nossas rebeldias; contra ti havemos pecado.