For the ground was destroyed, because there was no rain in the earth: the plowmen were ashamed, and covered their heads.

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [a]it, because there was no grass.

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, and drew in their wind like [b]dragons: their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:5 Meaning, that the brute beasts for drought were compelled to forsake their young, contrary to nature, and to go seek water which they could not find.
  2. Jeremiah 14:6 Which are so hot of nature, that they cannot be cooled with drinking of water, but still gape for the air to resisteth them.

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