Yeremia 14:4

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.

Amos 4:7

4:7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. ² 

I gave rain to one city, but not to another.

One field ³  would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.

[14:4]  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.

[4:7]  ² sn Rain…three months before the harvest refers to the rains of late March-early April.

[4:7]  ³ tn Heb “portion”; KJV, ASV “piece”; NASB “part.” The same word occurs a second time later in this verse.