Their nobles have (A)sent their [a]servants for water;
They have come to the (B)cisterns and found no water.
They have returned with their containers empty;
They have been (C)put to shame and humiliated,
And they (D)cover their heads,
Because the (E)ground is [b]cracked,
For there has been (F)no rain on the land.
The (G)farmers have been put to shame,
They have covered their heads.
For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,
Because there is (H)no grass.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:3 Lit little ones
  2. Jeremiah 14:4 Lit shattered

The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.(A)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.(B)
The ground is cracked
    because there is no rain in the land;(C)
the farmers are dismayed
    and cover their heads.
Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(D)

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