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The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah concerning the drought :
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Judah mourns and her gates languish ;
her people lament on the ground ,
and the cry of Jerusalem goes up .
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Her 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 confounded and cover their heads .
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Because of the ground which is dismayed ,
since there is no rain on the land ,
the farmers are ashamed ,
they cover their heads .
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Even the hind in the field forsakes her newborn calf because there is no grass .
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The wild asses stand on the bare heights ,
they pant for air like jackals ;
their eyes fail because there is no herbage .
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Though our iniquities testify against us ,
act ,
O LORD ,
for thy name '
s sake ;
for our backslidings are many ,
we have sinned against thee .