How the animals have groaned! The herds of cattle have wandered aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep have suffered.

Even the animals of the field pant for You; For the stream beds of water are dried up, And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

They do not crowd each other, Every warrior of them marches in his path; When they burst through the defenses, They do not break ranks.

“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning;

And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

And it will come about that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord Will be saved; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, Just as the Lord has said, Even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.