1. The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2. Judah mourns,and the gates languish;they sit on the ground while mourning,and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3. Their nobles have sent their servants for water;they came to the cisterns and found no water.They returned with their vessels empty;they were ashamed and humiliated,and covered their heads.
4. Because the ground is chapped,for there was no rain in the earth,the plowmen were ashamed;they have covered their heads.