Jeremiah 14:3
The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- their nobles
- 1 Kings 18:5, 6
- pits
- Jeremiah 2:13; 1 Kings 17:7; 2 Kings 18:31; Joel 1:20; Amos 4:8
- they were
- Jeremiah 2:26, 27; Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 40:14; Psalm 109:29; Isaiah 45:16, 17
- covered
- Jeremiah 14:4; 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:4; Esther 6:12