2“Judah mourns
and her gates languish.
Her people wail for the land,
and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
3The nobles send their servants for water;
they go to the cisterns, but find no water;
their jars return empty.
They are ashamed and humiliated;
they cover their heads.
4The ground is cracked
because no rain has fallen on the land.
The farmers are ashamed;
they cover their heads.
5Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.
6Wild donkeys stand on barren heights;
they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
— Jeremiah 14:2-6