Jeremiah 14:2-7 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they bow down in black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they bow down in black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. ³ And their nobles send their lads for water: they come to the pits, and find no water; their vessels return empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their heads. ⁴ Because of the ground which is cracked, for there hath been no rain in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads. ⁵ Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass, ⁶ And the wild asses stand on the high hills, they gasp for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage. ⁷ Though our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, work Thou for Thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against Thee.