2 Judah will mourn, and her gates languish. They will bow in black to the ground And Jerusalem’s wail will go up.
3 Their nobles will send their lads for water. They come to the cisterns, but find no water. Their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
4 Because the ground is cracked, since there has been no rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed— they cover their heads.
5 For even the doe in the field abandons her newborn fawn, because there is no grass.
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, as they pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, since there is no foliage.
7 Though our iniquities testify against us, Adonai, act for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against You.
8 O hope of Israel, Savior in time of trouble, why are You like a stranger in the land, or like a traveler who stays for a night?