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Jeremiah 14:3

American Standard Version

And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.

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Jeremiah 14:3 in other translations

Their nobles send their little ones to the waters.
They come to the cisterns,
and find no water.
They return with their vessels empty.
They are disappointed and confounded,
and cover their heads.

Jeremiah 14:3 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 14:3 in context

  1. 1The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
  2. 2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
  3. 3And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.
  4. 4Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
  5. 5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.