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 está de lutoy sus ciudades desfallecen;hay lamentos en el país,y sube el clamor de Jerusalén.
3
Los nobles mandan por agua a sus siervos,y estos van a las cisternas,pero no la encuentran.Avergonzados y confundidos,vuelven con sus cántaros vacíosy agarrándose la cabeza.
4
El suelo está agrietado,porque no llueve en el país.Avergonzados están los campesinos,agarrándose la cabeza.
5
Aun las ciervas en el campoabandonan a sus crías por falta de pastos.
6
Parados sobre las lomas desiertas,y con los ojos desfallecientes,los asnos salvajes jadean como chacalesporque ya no tienen hierba».