Study Desk

This is the word of the LORD to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

"Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads.

The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.

Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyesight fails for lack of pasture."