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A deer gives birth in a field,
then abandons her newborn fawn
    and leaves in search of grass.
Wild donkeys go blind
    from starvation.
So they stand on barren hilltops
and sniff the air,[a]
    hoping to smell green grass.

The Lord's People Pray

We rejected you and did evil,
    so we deserve to be punished.
But if you rescue us, Lord,
everyone will see
    how great you are.

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Footnotes

  1. 14.6 sniff the air: The Hebrew text has “sniff the air, like jackals” (see the note at 9.11).

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