1. The Lord said to me concerning the drought,
2. “Judah is in mourning;its cities are dying,its people lie on the ground in sorrow,and Jerusalem cries out for help.
3. The rich people send their servants for water;they go to the cisterns,but find no water;they come back with their jars empty.Discouraged and confused,they hide their faces.
4. Because there is no rainand the ground is dried up,the farmers are sick at heart;they hide their faces.
5. In the field the mother deerabandons her newborn fawnbecause there is no grass.