^{2 Ref} Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

^{3 Ref} And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back -- their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.

^{4 Ref} Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

^{5 Ref} For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake `it!' For there hath been no grass.

^{6 Ref} And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

^{7 Ref} Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

^{8 Ref} O Hope of Israel -- its saviour in time of trouble, Why art Thou as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveller turned aside to lodge?