^{2 Ref} Judah mourns, and the gates of it languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

^{3 Ref} Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

^{4 Ref} Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

^{5 Ref} Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes [her young], because there is no grass.

^{6 Ref} The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.