NET Bible
"Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass."
— Jeremiah 14:5, NET Bible
“Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.”
“Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass. ”
“Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes [her young], because there is no grass.”
“Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass.”
“And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.”
“Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.”
“The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.
The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands.
They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.
Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass.
Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found.”
Then I said,“O LORD, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.
You have been the object of Israel’s hopes. You have saved them when they were in trouble. Why have you become like a resident foreigner in the land? Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?