3. The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads.
4. The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.
5. Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
6. Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of food.”
7. Although our sins testify against us, do something, Lord, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you.
8. You who are the hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?