2 “Judah mourns,And her gates languish;They mourn for the land,And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3 Their nobles have sent their lads for water;They went to the cisterns and found no water.They returned with their vessels empty;They were ashamed and confoundedAnd covered their heads.
4 Because the ground is parched,For there was no rain in the land,The plowmen were ashamed;They covered their heads.
5 Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field,But left because there was no grass.
6 And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights;They sniffed at the wind like jackals;Their eyes failed because there was no grass.”
7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,Do it for Your name’s sake;For our backslidings are many,We have sinned against You.
8 O the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble,Why should You be like a stranger in the land,And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?