¹⁸ How the cattle moan!
    The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;^(A)
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.^(B)

⁵ Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.^(A)
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights^(B)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”^(C)

¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,^(A)
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,^(B)

²²     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.^(A)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree^(B) and the vine^(C) yield their riches.^(D)

¹⁴ He makes grass grow^(A) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food^(B) from the earth: