^{1 Ref} The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.

^{2 Ref} Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

^{3 Ref} Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

^{4 Ref} Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

^{5 Ref} And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

^{6 Ref} And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.