Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.
Jeremiah 14:3
Surrounding context
14:2 "Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
14:3 Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.
14:4 Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads.