Dearth Dearths Drought Droughts Jeremiah Matters Regard
14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the {a} dearth.
(a) Which came for lack of rain as in Jer 14:4.
14:1-9 The people were in tears. But it was rather the cry of their trouble, and of their sin, than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water, that we may not be taught to value it by feeling the want of it. See what dependence husbandmen have upon the Divine providence. They cannot plough nor sow in hope, unless God water their furrows. The case even of the wild beasts was very pitiable. The people are not forward to pray, but the prophet prays for them. Sin is humbly confessed. Our sins not only accuse us, but answer against us. Our best pleas in prayer are those fetched from the glory of God's own name. We should dread God's departure, more than the removal of our creature-comforts. He has given Israel his word to hope in. It becomes us in prayer to show ourselves more concerned for God's glory than for our own comfort. And if we now return to the Lord, he will save us to the glory of his grace.
Dearth Drought Droughts Jeremiah Matters Regard Water Word
Dearth Drought Droughts Jeremiah Matters Regard Water Word
