1. This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2. ‘Judah mourns,her cities languish;they wail for the land,and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
3. The nobles send their servants for water;they go to the cisternsbut find no water.They return with their jars unfilled;dismayed and despairing,they cover their heads.
4. The ground is crackedbecause there is no rain in the land;the farmers are dismayedand cover their heads.
5. Even the doe in the fielddeserts her newborn fawnbecause there is no grass.