Bible Verses About Drought: General references

The word of ADONAI that came to Yirmeyahu concerning the drought:

"Y'hudah is mourning, her gates are languishing; they sit on the ground in gloom; Yerushalayim sends up a cry of anguish.

Her nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water, so they return with empty jars. Ashamed and dismayed, they cover their heads.

Because of the ground, which is cracked, since it has not rained in the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

The doe in the countryside, giving birth, abandons her young for lack of grass.

The wild donkeys standing on the bare heights gasp for air like jackals; their eyes grow dim from trying to spot any vegetation."