Jeremiah 14:6

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

Cross-reference

Joel 1:18 Parallel

In Joel 1:18, beasts groan and cattle have no pasture—a direct parallel to the wild donkeys suffering from no vegetation.

1 Kings 18:5 Historical context

In 1 Kings 18:5, Ahab seeks grass for horses during drought—same crisis of lacking vegetation for animals.

Job 6:5 Parallel

In Job 6:5, the wild donkey brays only when grass is lacking—Jeremiah 14:6 shows that very condition.

In Psalm 104:14, God provides grass for cattle—the provision absent in Jeremiah 14:6.

Lamentations 1:6 uses the same image of animals without pasture to describe Judah's princes, echoing the drought's devastation.

In Lamentations 4:17, people's eyes fail from waiting for help—a human parallel to the wild donkeys' eyes failing from lack of vegetation.

In Lamentations 5:17, dim eyes from suffering parallel the wild donkeys' failing eyes in the drought.

Job 39:6 Contrast

In Job 39:6, the wild donkey's home is the salt land—the very habitat now failing due to drought. Contrast between provision and lack.