Isaiah 17:11
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11 though you make them grow on the day that you plant them
and make them blossom in the morning that you sow,
yet the harvest will flee away
in a day of sickness and incurable pain.(A)
Jeremiah 9:12
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12 Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, so that they may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?(A)
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Jeremiah 14:3
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3 Her[a] nobles send their servants for water;
they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
they return with their vessels empty.
They are ashamed and dismayed
and cover their heads,(A)
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- 14.3 Gk: Heb their
Jeremiah 14:4
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4 because the ground is cracked.
Because there has been no rain on the land,
the farmers are dismayed;
they cover their heads.(A)
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