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1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
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This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2 Judah mourns and her gates languish; they lie in gloom on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
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“Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
3 Her nobles send their servants for water; they come to the cisterns, they find no water, they return with their vessels empty. They are ashamed and dismayed and cover their heads,
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The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads.
4 because the ground is cracked. Because there has been no rain on the land the farmers are dismayed; they cover their heads.
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The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.
5 Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
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Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
6 The wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no herbage.
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Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of food.”
7 Although our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; our apostasies indeed are many, and we have sinned against you.
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Although our sins testify against us, do something, LORD, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you.
8 O hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler turning aside for the night?
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You who are the hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?
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