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Jeremiah 14 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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preachers & commentators

Jeremiah 14 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
רָעָב râʻâb H7458 6 hunger
חֶרֶב chereb H2719 6 drought, cutting
נָבִיא nâbîyʼ H5030 5 prophet, inspired man
נָבָא nâbâʼ H5012 4 prophesy, speak
שֵׁם shêm H8034 5 appellation, honor
עָוֺן ʻâvôn H5771 3 perversity, evil
חָפָה châphâh H2645 2 cover, veil

How preachers through history handled this text

23 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 17 Spurgeon 3 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“22. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art thou not he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. 22. An in idolis (vel, vanitatibus) gentium, qui pluere faciat? et an coeli dabunt pluviam (vel, et an ex coelis dabunt pluviam) an non tu ipse Jehova Deus noster? et speravimus in te (expectavimus ad te:) quoniam tu fecisti omnia haec. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 2, on Jeremiah 14:22–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Jer 14:16
  • Zion — Jer 14:19

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