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.