And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.

And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the plowmen were ashamed; they covered their heads.

And hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

In the day in which you shall plant you shall be deceived; but if you sow in the morning, [the seed] shall spring up for a crop in the day in which you shall obtain an inheritance, and as a man's father, you shall obtain an inheritance for your sons.

Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord [addressed] to him, let him tell you why the land has been destroyed, [and] has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it.