Study Desk

That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah regarding the ^(C1)drought:

"Judah mourns And ^(C1)her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground ^(C2)in mourning garments, And the ^(C3)cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

-"Their nobles have ^(C1)sent their ^(F1)servants for water; They have come to the ^(C2)cisterns and found no water. They have returned with their containers empty; They have been ^(C3)put to shame and humiliated, And they ^(C4)cover their heads,

Because the ^(C1)ground is ^(F1)cracked, For there has been ^(C2)no rain on the land. The ^(C3)farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.

-"For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young, Because there is ^(C1)no grass.

-"The ^(C1)wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; They pant for air like jackals, Their eyes fail Because there is ^(C2)no vegetation.

-"Though our ^(C1)wrongdoings testify against us, LORD, act ^(C2)for the sake of Your name! Our ^(C3)apostasies have indeed been many, We have ^(C4)sinned against You.

-"^(C1)Hope of Israel, Its ^(C2)Savior in ^(C3)time of distress, Why are You like a stranger in the land, Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?

-"Why are You like a confused person, Like a warrior who ^(C1)cannot save? Yet ^(C2)You are in our midst, LORD, And we are ^(C3)called by Your name; Do not leave us!"