New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 14:3-6

3Their noblesוְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔םve.'a.Di.rei.HemH117havesentשָׁלְח֥וּsha.le.ChuH7971theirservantsצְעִירֵיהֶ֖םtze.'o.rei.hemH6810for waterלַמָּ֑יִםla.Ma.yimH4325;They have comeבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935to thecisternsגֵּבִ֞יםge.VimH1356and foundמָ֣צְאוּMa.tze.'uH4672noלֹא־lo'-H3808waterמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325.They have returnedשָׁ֤בוּSha.vuH7725with their containersכְלֵיהֶם֙khe.lei.HemH3627emptyרֵיקָ֔םrei.KamH7387; They have beenputH954toH954shameH954and humiliatedוְהָכְלְמ֖וּve.ha.khe.le.MuH3637, And theycoverוְחָפ֥וּve.cha.FuH2645their headsרֹאשָֽׁם׃ro.ShamH7218,

4Becauseבַּעֲב֤וּרba.'a.VurH5668thegroundהָאֲדָמָה֙ha.'a.da.MahH127isH2865crackedH2865,For there has beenהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961noלֹא־lo'-H3808rainגֶ֖שֶׁםGe.shemH1653on the landבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776. Thefarmersאִכָּרִ֖ים'i.ka.RimH406have been putH954toH954shameH954,They have coveredחָפ֥וּcha.FuH2645their headsרֹאשָֽׁם׃ro.ShamH7218.

5For evenגַם־gam-H1571the doeאַיֶּ֙לֶת֙'ai.Ye.letH355in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704has givenH3205birthיָלְדָ֖הYal.dahH3205only to abandonוְעָז֑וֹבve.'a.ZovH5800her young,BecauseH3588there isnoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808grassדֶּֽשֶׁא׃De.she'H1877.

6Thewildוּפְרָאִים֙u.fe.ra.'ImH6501donkeysH6501standעָמְד֣וּ'a.me.DuH5975on the bareשְׁפָיִ֔םshe.fa.YimH8205heightsH8205;They pantשָׁאֲפ֥וּsha.'a.FuH7602for airר֖וּחַRu.achH7307like jackalsH8565,Their eyesעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם'ei.nei.HemH5869failכָּל֥וּka.LuH3615Becauseכִּי־ki-H3588thereH369isH369noH369vegetationעֵֽשֶׂב׃'E.sevH6212.

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