Their nobles have sent their lads for water;
They went to the cisterns and found no water.
They returned with their vessels empty;
They were (A)ashamed and confounded
(B)And covered their heads.
Because the ground is parched,
For there was (C)no rain in the land,
The plowmen were ashamed;
They covered their heads.
Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field,
But [a]left because there was no grass.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:5 abandoned her young

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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