Jeremiah 14

Jeremiah 14:1-22

1-6. Description of the drought. 2. The gates thereof languish] Figurative of the people who collect there. They are black unto] RV ‘They sit in black (mourning) upon.’ 3. Covered their heads] as a sign of grief or confusion: cp. David (2 Samuel 19:4) and Haman (Esther 6:12). 6. They snuffed up the wind] RV ‘They pant for air.’ Dragons] RV ‘jackals.’ 7-22. Jeremiah’s pleadings and God’s replies. 7. Do thou it] RV ‘work thou.’ 8. As a stranger, etc.] one who has no interest in the people. Turneth aside] RM ‘spreadeth his tent.’ 9. Astonied] hesitating, inactive. 13. Jeremiah pleads that the false prophets have misled the people. 17. The virgin daughter of my people] i.e. Judah, whom God had hitherto protected. 19. The prophet again intercedes. 21. The throne of thy glory] Jerusalem, or, more particularly, the Temple. 22. A reference to the drought (Jeremiah 14:1). God alone can remove it.