Jeremiah 14:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

The Great Drought

14 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

²Judah mourns
    and her gates languish;
they lie in gloom on the ground,
    and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
³Her nobles send their servants for water;
    they come to the cisterns,
they find no water,
    they return with their vessels empty.
They are ashamed and dismayed
    and cover their heads,

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