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Jeremiah 14

Jer. 14:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And their nobles
'addiyr (Hebrew #117)
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
KJV usage: excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(- ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
Pronounce: ad-deer'
Origin: from 142
have sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
their little ones
tsa`iyr (Hebrew #6810)
from 6819; little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
KJV usage: least, little (one), small (one), + young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: tsaw-eer'
Origin: or tsanowr {tsaw-ore'}
to the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
: they came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to the pits
gebe (Hebrew #1360)
a reservoir; by analogy, a marsh
KJV usage: marish, pit.
Pronounce: geh'-beh
Origin: from an unused root meaning probably to collect
geb (Hebrew #1356)
a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug)
KJV usage: beam, ditch, pit.
Pronounce: gabe
Origin: from 1461
, and found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
no water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
; they returned
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
with their vessels
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
empty
reyqam (Hebrew #7387)
emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
KJV usage: without cause, empty, in vain, void.
Pronounce: ray-kawm'
Origin: from 7386
; they were ashamed
buwsh (Hebrew #954)
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
KJV usage: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
Pronounce: boosh
Origin: a primitive root
and confounded
kalam (Hebrew #3637)
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
KJV usage: be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
Pronounce: kaw-lawm'
Origin: a primitive root
, and covered
chaphah (Hebrew #2645)
to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
KJV usage: ceil, cover, overlay.
Pronounce: khaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2644, 2653)
their heads
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
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Cross References

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their nobles.
1 Kings 18:5‑6• 5and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of our beasts.
 6And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. (1 Kings 18:5‑6)
pits.
Jer. 2:13• 13For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water. (Jer. 2:13)
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1 Kings 17:7• 7And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up, for there had been no rain in the land. (1 Kings 17:7)
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2 Kings 18:31• 31Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me, and come out to me; and eat every one of his vine and every one of his fig-tree, and drink every one the waters of his own cistern; (2 Kings 18:31)
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Joel 1:20• 20The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. (Joel 1:20)
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Amos 4:8• 8And two, three, cities wandered unto one city, to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. (Amos 4:8)
they were.
Jer. 2:26‑27• 26As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed--they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets--
 27saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us! (Jer. 2:26‑27)
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Jer. 20:11• 11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty terrible one; therefore my persecutors shall stumble and shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed, for they have not prospered: it shall be an everlasting confusion that shall not be forgotten. (Jer. 20:11)
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Psa. 40:14• 14Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity; (Psa. 40:14)
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Psa. 109:29• 29Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle. (Psa. 109:29)
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Isa. 45:16‑17• 16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go away in confusion together, the makers of idols.
 17Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, unto the ages of ages. (Isa. 45:16‑17)
covered.
Jer. 14:4• 4Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads. (Jer. 14:4)
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2 Sam. 15:30• 30But David went up by the ascent of the Olives, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot; and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. (2 Sam. 15:30)
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2 Sam. 19:4• 4And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! (2 Sam. 19:4)
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Esther 6:12• 12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered. (Esther 6:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And their nobles send their little onesd for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed, they are confounded, and have covered their heads.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "their menials," as also ch. 48.4.