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Because there is no rain
    and the ground is dried up,
the farmers are sick at heart;
    they hide their faces.
In the field the mother deer
    abandons her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.
The wild donkeys stand on the hilltops
    and pant for breath like jackals;
their eyesight fails them
    because they have no food.

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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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