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Jeremiah 14:3–4

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3Her nobles send their servants for water;

they come to the cisterns;

they find no water;

they return with their vessels empty;

they are cashamed and confounded

and dcover their heads.

4Because of the ground that is dismayed,

since there is eno rain on the land,

the farmers are ashamed;

they cover their heads.

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Cross references

  1. cPs. 40:14
  2. d[2 Sam. 15:30]
  3. ech. 3:3

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The nobles send their servants for water;

they go to the cisterns

but find no water.

They return with their jars unfilled;

dismayed and despairing,

they cover their heads.

The ground is cracked

because there is no rain in the land;

the farmers are dismayed

and cover their heads.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Their nobles send their servants for water.

They go to the cisterns;

they find no water;

their containers return empty.

They are ashamed and humiliated;

they cover their heads.

The ground is cracked

since no rain has fallen on the land.

The farmers are ashamed;

they cover their heads.

NLTNew Living Translation

The nobles send servants to get water,

but all the wells are dry.

The servants return with empty pitchers,

confused and desperate,

covering their heads in grief.

The ground is parched

and cracked for lack of rain.

The farmers are deeply troubled;

they, too, cover their heads.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And their nobles send their servants for water.

They come to the pits, they find no water.

They return with their vessels empty.

They are ashamed, and they are confounded,

and they cover their heads.

Because of the ground, which is cracked

because there was no rain on the ground.

The farmers are ashamed,

they cover their heads.

KJV 1900King James Version

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters:

They came to the pits, and found no water;

They returned with their vessels empty;

They were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Because the ground is chapt,

For there was no rain in the earth,

The plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.