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The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
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"Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
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Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.
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Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads.
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Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But left because there was no grass.
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And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights; They sniffed at the wind like jackals; Their eyes failed because there was no grass."