The dearth - Really, the drought.

Concerning the drought. —Literally, on the report or news of the drought. This is clearly the opening of a new discourse,…

There had been no rain, so the crops had failed, and there was a famine in the land. Jeremiah describes that famine in striking poetic imagery.

Although the Prophet does not distinctly express that what had not yet happened was divinely revealed to him, it may still be easily gathered that …

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the
dearth .
] Or, "concerning …

The people were in tears. But it was the cry of their trouble and their sin, rather than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water…

1. Here, the prophet begins to intercede with his prayer to God on their behalf, so that they might obtain mercy in some way, at least after…