Jeremiah 14:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 the days of Josiah, without mentioning the year of his reign, which, however, shews that that chapter was delivered in some part of his reign; and whereas a severe drought is mentioned in several of these Chapter s, this shews that they are to be laid together in the same year or years in which the drought continued; all the rest to the 21st may follow in order of time, and all might be delivered in the last years of king Josiah. See Dr. Lightfoot, and Taylor's Script. Div. p. 341. Houbigant is of opinion, that this drought happened at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, before the Chaldeans besieged Jerusalem.