Jeremiah 14:5
“Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.”
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.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Cross-References
“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,”
“And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.”
“Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?”
“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;”
“The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.”