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Jeremiah 14:1 open_in_new
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 the reign of Ahab. (1 Kings 17:1); etc. As that sign had been followed, even though after a long interval, by the Assyrian captivity of the northern kingdom, it should have been received by Judah as a most solemn warning.