Jeremiah 14:6
Context14:6 Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops
and pant for breath like jackals.
Their eyes are strained looking for food,
because there is none to be found.” 1
Jeremiah 49:33
Context49:33 “Hazor will become a permanent wasteland,
a place where only jackals live. 2
No one will live there.
No human being will settle in it.” 3
1 tn Heb “their eyes are strained because there is no verdure.”
3 sn Compare Jer 49:18 and 50:40 where the same thing is said about Edom and Babylon.