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Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
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A Land in Terror
Several commentators note that the original Hebrew word translated as "chapt" or "cracked" more literally means "dismayed" or "struck with terror." The ground is personified, sharing in the despair of the farmers. As Charles Ellicott explains, the ground stands in "visible sympathy with the tillers of the soil."
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Is chapt - Rather, is dismayed. “The ground” is used metaphorically for the people who till the ground.
In the earth - i.e., “…
19th Century
Anglican
The ground is chapt. —The word is so vivid in describing the long fissures of the soil in a time of drought that one reluctantly a…
Baptist
The distress in the land was so great that the city gates, where, in more prosperous times, business transactions took place, and meetings of the p…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet had said that even if all the common people were to go to the waters, yet none would be found. He now adds the same warning concerning …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Because the ground is chapt Through the violent heat of the sun, and want of rain; or, is broken F25 ; an…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
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…
