Jeremiah 14:1-6
International Standard Version
A Terrible Drought in the Land
14 This is[a] this message from the Lord that came[b] to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2 “Judah mourns, and her gates languish.
The people[c] mourn for the land,
and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
3 Their nobles send their young people for water.
They go to the cisterns, but they find no water.
They return with their vessels empty.
They’re disappointed[d] and dismayed,
and they cover their heads in shame.[e]
4 The ground is cracked,
because there has been no rain in the land.
The farmers are disappointed,[f]
and they cover their heads in shame.[g]
5 Even the doe in the field gives birth
and then abandons her young[h]
because there is no grass.
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills.
They pant for air like jackals.
Their eyesight fails
because there is no vegetation.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:1 The Heb. lacks This is
- Jeremiah 14:1 The Heb. lacks that came
- Jeremiah 14:2 Lit. They
- Jeremiah 14:3 Or ashamed
- Jeremiah 14:3 The Heb. lacks in shame
- Jeremiah 14:4 Or ashamed
- Jeremiah 14:4 The Heb. lacks in shame
- Jeremiah 14:5 The Heb. lacks her young
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