Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 14:5
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 5, 6.) For even the deer (or deer) in the field give birth (or gave birth) and abandon (or abandoned) because there is no grass. And the wild donkeys stood on the cliffs, they drew in the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, because there is no grass (or hay). Great sterility, when even the deer in the field g…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5And hinds calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Modern
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In context
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.
4And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
— Jeremiah 14:5 —
6The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
7Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee.