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Jeremiah 14:1-22 open_in_new
1-6. Description of the drought.
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Jeremiah 14:2 open_in_new
The gates thereof languish] Figurative of the people who collect there. They are black unto] RV 'They sit in black (mourning) upon.'
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Jeremiah 14:3 open_in_new
Covered their heads] as a sign of grief or confusion: cp. David (2 Samuel 19:4) and Haman (href='190 6:12'>Est 6:12).
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Jeremiah 14:6 open_in_new
They snuffed up the wind] RV 'They pant for air.' Dragons] RV 'jackals.'
7-22. Jeremiah's pleadings and God's replies.
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Jeremiah 14:7 open_in_new
Do thou it] RV 'work thou.'
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Jeremiah 14:8 open_in_new
As a stranger, etc.] one who has no interest in the people. Turneth aside] RM 'spreadeth his tent.'
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Jeremiah 14:9 open_in_new
Astonied] hesitating, inactive.
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Jeremiah 14:13 open_in_new
Jeremiah pleads that the false prophets have misled the people.
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Jeremiah 14:17 open_in_new
The virgin daughter of my people] i.e. Judah, whom God had hitherto protected.
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Jeremiah 14:19 open_in_new
The prophet again intercedes.
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Jeremiah 14:21 open_in_new
The throne of thy glory] Jerusalem, or, more particularly, the Temple.
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Jeremiah 14:22 open_in_new
A reference to the drought (Jeremiah 14:1). God alone can remove it.
Jeremiah's Eighth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim?). The Impending Drought and other Woes
Dialogue between the prophet and God. He intercedes; but in vain, for the nation persists in sin. In this section we probably see the state of matters in the early part of Jehoiakim's reign. There is no historical allusion to the drought which formed the occasion of the prophecy.