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II. JEHOVAH’S MESSAGE
THROUGH JEREMIAH THE PROPHET
TO THE PUNISHED ISRAEL (ACTUALLY JUDAH)
CONCERNING THEIR DROUGHT

In 14:1-6 we have Jehovah’s message through Jeremiah the prophet to the punished Israel (actually Judah) concerning their drought. God asked Jeremiah to tell His people that He would be sending a drought upon them, and in these verses we have Jeremiah’s description of the suffering of Israel during this time of drought.

A. Judah Mourning and Her Gates Languishing

According to verse 2, Judah mourns, and her gates languish. In black garments they mourn on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

B. The Servants Finding No Water in the Cisterns
and Returning with Their Vessels Empty

The nobles, those of the upper class, send their servants for water. The servants come to the cisterns and find no water. They return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded and cover their heads (v. 3).

C. The Farmers Being Ashamed
and Covering Their Heads

There has been no rain on the earth. Because the ground is cracked from the lack of rain, the farmers are ashamed and cover their heads (v. 4).

D. The Hind in the Field
Giving Birth and Abandoning Its Young

Even the hind in the field gives birth and abandons its young because there is no grass (v. 5).

E. There Being No Herbage

The wild asses stand on the bare heights. They pant after the wind like jackals, and their eyes fail, for there is no herbage (v. 6).

(Life-Study of Jeremiah and Lamentations, Chapter 14, by Witness Lee)