Jeremiah 14:3

Important people send their assistants out for water. They do not find any water at the cisterns. They return with their containers empty. They cover their heads, because they are ashamed and dishonored.

2 Samuel 15:30

David went up the slope of the Mount of Olives. He was barefoot and crying. He covered his head to show his sorrow. Everyone with him was crying. They covered their heads too.

2 Kings 18:31

Do not listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria commands you to come out of the city and surrender. Make peace with me and you will be allowed to eat grapes from your own vines and figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells (cisterns).

Psalm 40:14

Let all those who seek to end my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced.

Jeremiah 2:13

My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11)

2 Samuel 19:4

David held his hands over his face and kept on crying loudly. My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!

1 Kings 17:7

Now after a time the brook became dry, because there was no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:5-6

Ahab said to Obadiah: Come! Let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers. Let us see if there is any grass for the horses and the transport beasts. We must save some of the livestock.

Esther 6:12

Mordecai came back to the king's gate. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.

Job 6:20

They are distressed! They were once confident. They arrive there, only to be disappointed.

Psalm 109:29

Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe.

Isaiah 45:16-17

The makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced. They will go off into disgrace together.

Jeremiah 2:26-27

As a thief feels ashamed when he is caught, so the nation of Israel will feel ashamed. Their kings, princes, priests, and prophets will also feel ashamed.

Jeremiah 14:4

There is no rain in the land and the ground is cracked. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads.

Jeremiah 20:11

Jehovah is with me like a powerful champion. Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed! They have failed with an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.

Joel 1:20

Yes, the beasts of the field pant for you. The water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Amos 4:8

Two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water. They were not satisfied and yet you have not returned to me, said Jehovah.

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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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Their nobles

1 Kings 18:5
Ahab said to Obadiah: Come! Let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers. Let us see if there is any grass for the horses and the transport beasts. We must save some of the livestock.

Pits

Jeremiah 2:13
My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11)
1 Kings 17:7
Now after a time the brook became dry, because there was no rain in the land.
2 Kings 18:31
Do not listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria commands you to come out of the city and surrender. Make peace with me and you will be allowed to eat grapes from your own vines and figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells (cisterns).
Joel 1:20
Yes, the beasts of the field pant for you. The water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Amos 4:8
Two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water. They were not satisfied and yet you have not returned to me, said Jehovah.

They were

Jeremiah 2:26
As a thief feels ashamed when he is caught, so the nation of Israel will feel ashamed. Their kings, princes, priests, and prophets will also feel ashamed.
Jeremiah 20:11
Jehovah is with me like a powerful champion. Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed! They have failed with an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
Psalm 40:14
Let all those who seek to end my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced.
Psalm 109:29
Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe.
Isaiah 45:16
The makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced. They will go off into disgrace together.

Covered

Jeremiah 14:4
There is no rain in the land and the ground is cracked. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads.
2 Samuel 15:30
David went up the slope of the Mount of Olives. He was barefoot and crying. He covered his head to show his sorrow. Everyone with him was crying. They covered their heads too.
2 Samuel 19:4
David held his hands over his face and kept on crying loudly. My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!
Esther 6:12
Mordecai came back to the king's gate. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.

General references

Haggai 1:10
It is because of you that the sky above you withholds the dew, and the earth below withholds its produce.