They are dismayed because the ground is cracked ¹  because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

biblegateway Jer 14:4

"Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land; The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.

The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

The ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads.

biblegateway Jer 14:4

The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.

Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

bibleoremus Jer 14:4

because the ground is cracked. Because there has been no rain on the land the farmers are dismayed; they cover their heads.

Because the ground is cracked through lack of rain in the land, the farmers' hopes are wrecked; they uncover their heads in grief.

biblegateway Jer 14:4

Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads.

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

biblegateway Jer 14:4

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked ¹  because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

¹ tn For the use of the verb “is cracked” here see BDB 369 s.v. חָתַת Qal.1 and compare the usage in Jer 51:56 where it refers to broken bows. The form is a relative clause without relative pronoun (cf., GKC 486-87 §155.f). The sentence as a whole is related to the preceding through a particle meaning “because of” or “on account of.” Hence the subject and verb have been repeated to make the connection.