Contents: Message on the drought.
Characters: God, Jeremiah.
Conclusion: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when the sinners' expectation from God will utterly fail them. We should dread nothing more than God's departure from us.
Key Word: Drought, Jeremiah 14:1.
Strong Verses: Jeremiah 14:22.
CHAPTER XIV _This chapter begins with foretelling a drought that should_ _greatly distress the land of Judea, the effects of which are_ _described in a most pathetic manner_, 1-6. _The prophet the...
THE DEARTH - Really, the drought,...
II. THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM, THE PROPHECIES OF JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF JEREMIAH, HIS FAITHFULNESS AND HIS SUFFERING CHAPTER 14 The Great Drought...
JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...
JEREMIAH'S TENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). THE WORD, &C.. That which proved to be the word of Jehovah. Not the usual phrase in the Hebrew. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE DE...
THE WORD OF THE LORD—CONCERNING THE DEARTH— _The drought._ Taylor observes, that the Chapter s of this prophet, from 3: to 21: lie in regular order as to time. There is a date, chap. Jeremiah 3:6. _In...
CHAPTER TEN NATIONAL DISTRESS AND PROPHETIC DISCOURAGEMENT Jeremiah 14:1 to Jeremiah 17:27 Sometime during the ministry of Jeremiah a terrible drought or series of droughts (the Hebrew word is plura...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH CONCERNING THE DEARTH - literally, "That which was the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah conce...
1-6. Description of the drought....
XIV. (1) CONCERNING THE DEARTH. — Literally, _on the word or tidings of the drought._ This is clearly the opening of a new discourse, which continues to Jeremiah 17:18; but as no special calamity of t...
אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר ־יְהוָה֙ אֶֽל ־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ...
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections: prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the (a) dearth. (a) Which came for lack of rain as in (Jeremiah 14:4)....
_Drought, during the last siege, (ver. 18.; St. Jerome) or after the captivity of Jechonias; (chap. viii. 13.) though the famine might happen in the days of Josias, Joel i. (Calmet) --- This scourge w...
CONTENTS It should seem that the Prophet's preaching, and his types, were followed by a famine. He takes notice of it in this Chapter, and mourns over it. The Lord is not intreated to remove it. Lyin...
We have here an account of the famine, which by the parallel history took place in the reign of Jehoiakim; probably just before the captivity. Jeremiah had mourned for the good king Josiah; see 2 Chro...
Though the Prophet does not distinctly express that what had not yet happened was divinely revealed to him, yet it may be easily gathered that it was a prophecy with reference to what was future. Of t...
Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared. But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...
THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH CONCERNING THE DEARTH. Or, "concerning the words of straints" x; that is, concerning the businesses of a drought, as the Targum; concerning the Lord's restra...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. Ver. 1. _The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth._] _De rebus retentionum_ - that is, concerning the drought...
_The word of the Lord concerning the dearth_ Hebrew, על דברי הבצרות, _respecting the matters of the restraints_, that is, the _drought_, when the showers were restrained, or, as Moses and Solomon expr...
THE PROPHET INTERCEDES FOR THE FIRST TIME...
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth, the various periods of drought which Jehovah sent in order to call His people to repentance, this form of punishment being expressly t...
THE DEARTH: _ Heb._ the words of the dearths or restraints...
1-9 The people were in tears. But it was rather the cry of their trouble, and of their sin, than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water, that we may not be taught to value it by f...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 14 A grievous famine prophesied; its miseries, JEREMIAH 14:1. The prophet prayeth, but God will not be entreated for them, JEREMIAH 14:7. Lying prophets no excuse for them, Jeremiah 1...
Jeremiah 14:1 word H1697 LORD H3068 Jeremiah H3414 concerning H1697 droughts H1226 the dearth - Heb. the words of the dearths, or restraints,...
THE LESSON OF THE GREAT DROUGHTS (JEREMIAH 14:1). As a preliminary warning of what is coming YHWH sends a great drought on Judah with the result that the cisterns are empty, the springs are dry, the p...
THE DEPTHS OF THE SERIES OF DROUGHTS (JEREMIAH 14:1). The plural for ‘droughts' suggests that there had been a series of droughts, probably over a number of years. Such droughts did occur in Canaan fr...
DEARTH The significance of a drought at this time was very great. It was one of the signs predicted in the Palestinian Covenant (Deuteronomy 28:23); (Deuteronomy 28:24) and already fulfilled in part...
In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...
Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...
_They came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads._ THE DROUGHT OF NATURE, THE RAIN OF GRACE, AND THE LESSO...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 14:1 DROUGHT. Judah experiences drought during the invasion by Babylon (see Deuteronomy 28:23)....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and synchr...
EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth (Jeremiah 14:1). For a drought filled the land. Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground; and the cry of...
Jeremiah 17:8...