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The ground is cracked,
    because there has been no rain in the land.
The farmers are disappointed,[a]
    and they cover their heads in shame.[b]
Even the doe in the field gives birth
    and then abandons her young[c]
        because there is no grass.
Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills.
    They pant for air like jackals.
Their eyesight fails
    because there is no vegetation.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:4 Or ashamed
  2. Jeremiah 14:4 The Heb. lacks in shame
  3. Jeremiah 14:5 The Heb. lacks her young