Jeremiah 14:1
Verse 1 of 22. The 14th of 52 chapters in Jeremiah, in The Major Prophets.
1This is the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.
3Their 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.
4Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.
5Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.