Jeremías 14:5

5 Porque aún la cierva en el campo ha parido, pero abandona su cría porque no hay hierba.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 14:5 In-Context

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.

7 Aunque nuestras iniquidades testifican contra nosotros, oh SEÑOR, obra por amor de tu nombre. En verdad han sido muchas nuestras apostasías, contra ti hemos pecado.