Jeremiah 14:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 29:9 : 9 The LORD’s shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says,“Majestic!”
  • Isa 15:6 : 6 For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.
  • Job 39:1-4 : 1 “Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young? 2 Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth? 3 They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried. 4 Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 6Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found.”

  • Joel 1:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    17The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

    18Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

    19To you, O LORD, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness, flames have razed all the trees in the fields.

    20Even the wild animals cry out to you; for the river beds have dried up; fire has destroyed the pastures of the wilderness.

  • 4They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

  • 1“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

  • 6For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.

  • 10For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the wilderness. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

  • 5Complaints Reflect Suffering“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox bellow over its fodder?

  • 5Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out to their labor seeking diligently for food; the arid rift valley provides food for them and for their children.

  • 17When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,

  • Job 39:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them.

    16She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

    17For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.

  • Job 39:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.

    5Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

  • 10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

  • 25When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

  • 3gaunt with want and hunger, they would roam the parched land, by night a desolate waste.

  • Ps 80:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

    13The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.

  • Ezek 34:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.

    6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

  • 4How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast,“God will not see what happens to us.”

  • 11They provide water for all the animals in the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

  • 12While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

  • 5the ibex, the gazelle, the deer, the wild goat, the antelope, the wild oryx, and the mountain sheep.

  • 10The Coming Destruction Calls For Mourning I said,“I will weep and mourn for the grasslands on the mountains, I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness because they are so scorched no one travels through them. The sound of livestock is no longer heard there. Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields have fled and are gone.”

  • 8It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

  • 6When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!

  • 18For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.

  • 5Ahab told Obadiah,“Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill some of the animals.”

  • 27to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation?

  • 3Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

  • 21For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the LORD’s advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered.

  • 15I will provide pasture for your livestock and you will eat your fill.”

  • Lam 4:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3ג(Gimel) Even the jackals nurse their young at their breast, but my people are cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness.

    4ד(Dalet) The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.

  • 7The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

  • 30For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered.

  • 27Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.

  • Jer 2:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.

    25Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out and your throats become dry. But you say,‘It is useless for you to try and stop me because I love those foreign gods and want to pursue them!’

  • 11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • 22Do not fear, wild animals! For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass. Indeed, the trees bear their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest.

  • 18The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

  • 9The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the arid rift valley; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

  • 14For the fortress is neglected; the once-crowded city is abandoned. Hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited. Wild donkeys love to go there, and flocks graze there.

  • 6The Futility of Sacrificial Ritual without Moral Obedience Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the LORD, They will not find him– he has withdrawn himself from them!