Jeremiah 14:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 29:9 : 9 At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory.
  • Isa 15:6 : 6 The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.
  • Job 39:1-4 : 1 Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough, 2 When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood? 3 Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food? 4 Have you knowledge of the rock-goats? or do you see the roes giving birth to their young?

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