Jeremiah 14:3

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.

2 Samuel 15:30

As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up.

2 Kings 18:31

Don't listen to Hezekiah!' For this is what the king of Assyria says, 'Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

Psalm 40:14

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

Jeremiah 2:13

"Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water."

2 Samuel 19:4

The king covered his face and cried out loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

1 Kings 17:7

After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:5-6

Ahab told Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill some of the animals."

Esther 6:12

Then Mordecai again sat at the king's gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.

Job 6:20

They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

Psalm 109:29

My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

Isaiah 45:16-17

They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.

Jeremiah 2:26-27

Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.

Jeremiah 14:4

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.

Jeremiah 20:11

But the Lord is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.

Joel 1:20

Even the wild animals cry out to you; for the river beds have dried up; fire has destroyed the grassy pastures.

Amos 4:8

People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

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Summary

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Their nobles

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Bible References

Their nobles

1 Kings 18:5
Ahab told Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill some of the animals."

Pits

Jeremiah 2:13
"Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water."
1 Kings 17:7
After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
2 Kings 18:31
Don't listen to Hezekiah!' For this is what the king of Assyria says, 'Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
Joel 1:20
Even the wild animals cry out to you; for the river beds have dried up; fire has destroyed the grassy pastures.
Amos 4:8
People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

They were

Jeremiah 2:26
Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.
Jeremiah 20:11
But the Lord is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.
Psalm 40:14
May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!
Psalm 109:29
My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.
Isaiah 45:16
They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.

Covered

Jeremiah 14:4
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.
2 Samuel 15:30
As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up.
2 Samuel 19:4
The king covered his face and cried out loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"
Esther 6:12
Then Mordecai again sat at the king's gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.

General references

Haggai 1:10
This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.

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