Cross References The great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carried back their vessels empty: they were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads. 2 Samuel 15:30 But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with his head covered, and all the people that were with them, went up with their heads covered weeping. 1 Kings 18:5 And Achab said to Abdias: Go into the land unto all fountains of waters, and into all valleys, to see if we can find grass, and save the horses and mules, that the beasts may not utterly perish. 2 Kings 18:31 Do not hearken to Ezechias. For thus saith the king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for your advantage, and come out to me: and every man of you shall eat of his own vineyard, and of his own fig tree: and you shall drink water of your own cisterns, Job 6:20 They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame. Psalm 40:14 Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me. Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Jeremiah 2:37 For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand shall be upon thy head: for the Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein. Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush. Jeremiah 15:18 Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted. Lamentations 4:4 Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them. Hosea 2:3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born: and I will make her as a wilderness, and will set her as a land that none can pass through and will kill her with drought. Zechariah 14:17 And it shall come to pass, that he that shall not go up of the families of the land to Jerusalem, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, there shall be no rain upon them. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carried back their vessels empty: they were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads. their nobles. 1 Kings 18:5,6 And Achab said to Abdias: Go into the land unto all fountains of waters, and into all valleys, to see if we can find grass, and save the horses and mules, that the beasts may not utterly perish. . . . pits. Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 1 Kings 17:7 But after some time the torrent was dried up: for it had not rained upon the earth. 2 Kings 18:31 Do not hearken to Ezechias. For thus saith the king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for your advantage, and come out to me: and every man of you shall eat of his own vineyard, and of his own fig tree: and you shall drink water of your own cisterns, Joel 1:20 Yea, and the beasts of the field have looked up to thee, as a garden bed that thirsteth after rain, for the springs of waters are dried up, and fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness. Amos 4:8 And two and three cities went to one city to drink water, and were not filled: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord. they were. Jeremiah 2:26,27 As the thief is confounded when he is taken, so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their kings, their princes and their priests, and their prophets. . . . Jeremiah 20:11 But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior: therefore they that persecute me shall fall, and shall be weak: they shall be greatly confounded, because they have not understood the everlasting reproach, which never shall be effaced. Psalm 40:14 Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me. Psalm 109:29 Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with their confusion as with a double cloak. Isaiah 45:16,17 They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion. . . . covered. Jeremiah 14:4 For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandman were confounded, they covered their heads. 2 Samuel 15:30 But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with his head covered, and all the people that were with them, went up with their heads covered weeping. 2 Samuel 19:4 And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son. Esther 6:12 But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered: Context Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence…2Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3The great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carried back their vessels empty: they were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads.4For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandman were confounded, they covered their heads.… Lexicon The noblesוְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם (wə·’ad·di·rê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 117: Wide, large, powerful send שָׁלְח֥וּ (šā·lə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out their servants צְעִירֵיהֶ֖ם (ṣə·‘î·rê·hem) Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6810: Little, insignificant, young for water; לַמָּ֑יִם (lam·mā·yim) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen they go בָּ֣אוּ (bā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the cisterns, גֵּבִ֞ים (gê·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1356: A log, well, cistern but find מָ֣צְאוּ (mā·ṣə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present no לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no water מַ֗יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen their jars כְלֵיהֶם֙ (ḵə·lê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus return שָׁ֤בוּ (šā·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again empty. רֵיקָ֔ם (rê·qām) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 7387: Emptily, ineffectually, undeservedly They are ashamed בֹּ֥שׁוּ (bō·šū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed and humiliated; וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ (wə·hā·ḵə·lə·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3637: To wound, to taunt, insult they cover וְחָפ֥וּ (wə·ḥā·p̄ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2645: To cover, to veil, to encase, protect their heads. רֹאשָֽׁם׃ (rō·šām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head Additional Translations 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. 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. And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty. And their nobles send their little ones 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. And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the pits, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty: they are ashamed and confounded, and 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 honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back -- their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head. Jump to Previous Ashamed Cisterns Confounded Cover Covered Covering Disappointed Empty Fear Find Found Great Heads Holes Honourable Humiliated Jars Little Nobles Ones Overcome Pits Servants Shame Turned Vessels Water WatersJump to Next Ashamed Cisterns Confounded Cover Covered Covering Disappointed Empty Fear Find Found Great Heads Holes Honourable Humiliated Jars Little Nobles Ones Overcome Pits Servants Shame Turned Vessels Water WatersExternal Links Jeremiah 14:3 NIVJeremiah 14:3 NLT Jeremiah 14:3 ESV Jeremiah 14:3 NASB Jeremiah 14:3 ASV Jeremiah 14:3 Bible Apps Jeremiah 14:3 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 14:3 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 14:3 French Bible Jeremiah 14:3 German Bible Alphabetical: and been but cisterns come cover despairing dismayed empty find for found go have heads humiliated jars no nobles put return returned send sent servants shame The their they to unfilled vessels water with OT Prophets: Jeremiah 14:3 Their nobles send their little ones (Jer.) 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