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Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. And their nobles send their [a]little ones [b]to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads. Because of the ground which is [c]cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:3 Or, inferiors
  2. Jeremiah 14:3 Or, for water
  3. Jeremiah 14:4 Or, dismayed