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Jeremiah 14:6
“The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 14
4
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
5
Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes [her young], because there is no grass.
6
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
7
Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, Yahweh; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
8
You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
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