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Jeremiah 14:4 – NASB vs. HCSB vs. ESV
NASB “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.
HCSB The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
ESV Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
Both the NASB and HCSB read “cracked” for chathath; wherein the ESV reads, “dismayed,” which is a poetic personification of the ground. Chathath can mean either; “cracked” is literal while “dismayed” is figurative. A literal and poetic translation could have been used which is “shattered” which not only sounds worse than cracked, it can also describe an emotional state.
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