Jeremiah 14:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

Jeremiah 14:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 29:9
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Isaiah 15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Job 39:1-4
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Animals Antelope Canaan Deafness Deer Drought Famine

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

The first verse is the title of the whole chapter: it does indeed all concern the dearth, but much of it consists of the prophet’s prayers concerning it; yet these are not unfitly said to be, The word of the Lord which came to him concerning it, for every acceptable prayer is that which God puts into our hearts; nothing is our word that comes to him but what is first his word that comes from him.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. The brute creation is reduced to the utmost extremity for the want of food. The “hind,” famed for her affection to her young, abandons them.