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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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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 14:4
18th Century
Theologian
Is chapt - Rather, is dismayed. “The ground” is used metaphorically for the people who till the ground.
In the earth - i.e., “…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 14:4
19th Century
Bishop
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…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 14:2–6
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 14:4
16th Century
Theologian
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 …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 14:4
17th Century
Pastor
Because the ground is chapt
Through the violent heat of the sun, and want of rain; or, is broken F25 ; an…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 14:1–9
17th Century
Minister
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…