Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 14:3
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 3) Its elders sent their young ones (or younger ones) to the water: they came to draw (or to the wells) and found no water, they brought back their empty vessels, they were confused and distressed (or ashamed), and they covered their heads. Moreover, those who should themselves go to fetch water send the younge…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.
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In context
1And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
2Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
— Jeremiah 14:3 —
4And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5And hinds calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.