Jeremiah 14:1
Good News Translation
The LORD said to me concerning the drought,

New Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Contemporary English Version
When there had been no rain for a long time, the LORD told me to say to the people:

New American Bible
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the words of the drought.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the words of the drought.

A.

3399. B.C.

605. The word. This discourse is supposed to have been delivered after the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The Hebrew Batzaroth, rendered dearth, signifies restraint, that is, when the heaven is shut up that there is no rain; which Houbigant thinks happened early in the reign of Zedekiah.

the dearth.

Jeremiah 17:8 And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.

Context
Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence
1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the words of the drought.2Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.…
Cross References
Isaiah 5:6
And I will make it desolate: it shall not be pruned, and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up: and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

Jeremiah 17:8
And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.

Jeremiah 13:27
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