14:2 “The people of Judah are in mourning.
The people in her cities are pining away.
They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. 1
Cries of distress come up to me 2 from Jerusalem. 3
14:3 The leading men of the cities send their servants for water.
They go to the cisterns, 4 but they do not find any water there.
They return with their containers 5 empty.
Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands. 6