Verses 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.
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