Jeremiah 14:5 · KJV
“Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook {it}, because there was no grass.”
— Jeremiah 14:5
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because {there was} no grass.
Jeremiah 14 — Context
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, {and} found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook {it}, because there was no grass.
6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because {there was} no grass.
7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou {it} for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Cross References
Psalms 29:9
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of {his} glory. {to calve: or, to be in pain} {doth...: or, every whit of it uttereth, etc}
Job 39:1-4
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? {or} canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Isaiah 15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. {desolate: Heb. desolations}