Jeremiah 14:2-4

Complete Jewish Bible

² “Y’hudah is mourning, her gates are languishing;
they sit on the ground in gloom;
Yerushalayim sends up a cry of anguish.
³ Her nobles send their servants for water;
they go to the cisterns but find no water,
so they return with empty jars.
Ashamed and dismayed, they cover their heads.
⁴ Because of the ground, which is cracked,
since it has not rained in the land,
the farmers are ashamed;
they cover their heads.