Jeremiah 14:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

²“Judah has mourned, and its gates are desolate. They have been brought to heaviness, to the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

³“And their nobles have sent their inferiors to the water, who came to the wells and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty. They were ashamed and confounded and covered their heads.

⁴“For the ground was destroyed because there was no rain on the Earth. The plowmen were ashamed, covering their heads.

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Jeremiah 14:2-4

New International Version

²“Judah mourns,^(A)
    her cities languish;
they 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.^(B)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.^(C)
⁴The ground is cracked
    because there is no rain in the land;^(D)
the farmers are dismayed
    and cover their heads.

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Jeremiah 14:2-4

New King James Version

²“Judah mourns,
And ^(A)her gates languish;
They ^(B)mourn for the land,
And ^(C)the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
³Their nobles have sent their lads for water;
They went to the cisterns and found no water.
They returned with their vessels empty;
They were ^(D)ashamed and confounded
^(E)And covered their heads.
⁴Because the ground is parched,
For there was ^(F)no rain in the land,
The plowmen were ashamed;
They covered their heads.

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Jeremiah 14:2-4

English Standard Version

²^(A)“Judah mourns,
    and ^(B)her gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
    and ^(C)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 ^(D)ashamed and confounded
    and ^(E)cover their heads.
⁴Because of the ground that is dismayed,
    since there is ^(F)no rain on the land,
the farmers are ashamed;
    they cover their heads.