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

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, and drew in their wind like [b]dragons: their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

[c]O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, deal with us according to thy Name: for our rebellions are many, we sinned against thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:5 Meaning, that the brute beasts for drought were compelled to forsake their young, contrary to nature, and to go seek water which they could not find.
  2. Jeremiah 14:6 Which are so hot of nature, that they cannot be cooled with drinking of water, but still gape for the air to resisteth them.
  3. Jeremiah 14:7 He showeth the only way to remedy to God’s plagues, which is by unfeigned confession of our sins, and returning to him by repentance.

Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(A)
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(B)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(C)

Although our sins testify(D) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.(E)
For we have often rebelled;(F)
    we have sinned(G) against you.

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