And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits , and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
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Gill's Exposition
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters,.... To places where water used to be; to the pools, the upper and the lower, particularly to the fountain of Shiloah, which, Jerom says, was…
Barnes' Notes
Little ones - mean ones, the common people. The word is unique to Jeremiah Jer 48:4. The pits - i. e., tanks for holding water. Covered their heads - The sign of grief.
The first verse is the title of the whole chapter: it does indeed all concern the dearth, but much of it consists of the prophet's prayers concerning it; yet these are not unfitly said to be, The word…
Cambridge Bible
little ones rather, as mg. inferiors, i.e. servants.
pits cisterns, or tanks, where the water was kept till wanted for use. See on ch. Jer 2:13.
ashamed See on Jer 2:26.
cover their heads as a sign of…
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