Jeremiah 14:3–6

3 Their nobles send their servantsC for water.

They go to the cisterns;

they find no water;

their containers return empty.

They are ashamed and humiliated;

they cover their heads.k

4 The ground is cracked

since no rain has fallen on the land.

The farmers are ashamed;l

they cover their heads.

5 Even the doe in the field

gives birth and abandons her fawn

since there is no grass.

6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heightsm

panting for air like jackals.

Their eyes fail

because there are no green plants.