Jeremiah 14:4
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For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandman were confounded, they covered their heads.

the ground.

Leviticus 26:19,20 And I will break the pride of your stubbornness: and I will make to you the heaven above as iron, and the earth as brass. . . .

Deuteronomy 28:23,24 Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron. . . .

Deuteronomy 29:23 Burning it with brimstone, and the heat of salt, so that it cannot be sown any more, nor any green thing grow therein, after the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord destroyed in his wrath and indignation:

Joel 1:19,20 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: because fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness: and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the country. . . .

the plowmen.

Joel 1:11,17 The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished. . . .

Context
Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence
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.5Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass.…
Cross References
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.

Joel 1:11
The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished.

Joel 1:19
To thee, O Lord, will I cry: because fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness: and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the country.

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.

Lexicon
The ground
הָאֲדָמָה֙ (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

is cracked
חַ֔תָּה (ḥat·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2865: To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

rain
גֶ֖שֶׁם (ḡe·šem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1653: Rain, shower

has fallen on the land.
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

The farmers
אִכָּרִ֖ים (’ik·kā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 406: A plowman, husbandman

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

they cover
חָפ֥וּ (ḥā·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - 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 ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.Because the ground is beat down, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

Because of the ground which is chapt, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain on the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.
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