Jeremiah 14:6-8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁶The wild asses stand on the bare heights;^[a]
they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
because there is no herbage.^(A)

⁷Although our iniquities testify against us,
    act, O Lord, for your name’s sake;
our rebellions indeed are many,
    and we have sinned against you.^(B)
⁸O 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?^(C)