--- title: "Jeremiah 14 - Study King James Bible with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary" description: "Read Jeremiah 14 with keil and delitzsch old testament commentary commentary. 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/keil-and-delitzsch-old-testament-commentary/jeremiah/14" --- [ Read](/kjv/jeremiah/14)[ Commentary](/study/jeremiah/14)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/jeremiah/14) Audio 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.* 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 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. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook *it*, because there was no grass. 6 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. 7 ¶ O 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. 8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man *that* turneth aside to tarry for a night? 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man *that* cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, *art* in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.* 10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. 11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for *their* good. 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. 13 ¶ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.* 14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. 17 ¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.* 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and *there is* no healing for us? we looked for peace, and *there is* no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, *and* the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. 21 Do not abhor *us*, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. 22 Are there *any* among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? *art* not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these *things*. [Jeremiah 13](/study/jeremiah/13) [Jeremiah 15](/study/jeremiah/15) ## Commentary To verse 1 The Uselessness of Prayer on behalf of the People. - The title in [Jeremiah 14:1](/kjv/jeremiah/14/1) specifies the occasion for the following discourse: *What came a word of Jahveh to Jeremiah concerning the drought.* - Besides here, אשׁר היה is made to precede the דבר יהוה in [Jeremiah 46:1](/kjv/jeremiah/46/1); [Jeremiah 47:1](/kjv/jeremiah/47/1); [Jeremiah 49:34](/kjv/jeremiah/49/34); and so, by a kind of attraction, the prophecy which follows receivers an outward connection with that which precedes. Concerning the matters of the droughts. בּצּרות , plur. of בּצּרה , [Psalms 9:10](/kjv/psalms/9/10); [Psalms 10:1](/kjv/psalms/10/1), might mean harassments, troubles in general. But the description of a great drought, with which the prophecy begins, taken along with [Jeremiah 17:8](/kjv/jeremiah/17/8), where בּצּרת occurs, meaning drought, lit., cutting off, restraint of rain, shows that the plural here is to be referred to the sing. בּצּרת (cf. עשׁתּרות from עשׁתּרת ), and that it means the withholding of rain or drought (as freq. in Chald.). We must note the plur., which is not to be taken as intensive of a great drought, but points to repeated droughts. Withdrawal of rain was threatened as a judgment against the despisers of God's word ([Leviticus 26:19](/kjv/leviticus/26/19).; [Deuteronomy 11:17](/kjv/deuteronomy/11/17); [Deuteronomy 28:23](/kjv/deuteronomy/28/23)); and this chastisement has at various times been inflicted on the sinful people; cf. [Jeremiah 3:3](/kjv/jeremiah/3/3); [Jeremiah 12:4](/kjv/jeremiah/12/4); [Jeremiah 23:10](/kjv/jeremiah/23/10); [Haggai 1:10](/kjv/haggai/1/10). As the occasion of the present prophecy, we have therefore to regard not a single great drought, but a succession of droughts. 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