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Because the ground is cracked and the tillers are dismayed, since there has been no rain on the land, the plowmen are put to shame, and they cover their heads.

Yes, even the hind gives birth to her calf in the field and forsakes it, because there is no grass or herbage.

And the wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals or crocodiles; their eyesight fails because there is no grass.

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The ground is cracked
    because there is no rain in the land;(A)
the farmers are dismayed
    and cover their heads.
Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(B)
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(C)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(D)

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