And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to destroy any of the livestock.

So they divided the land between them, to pass through it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of Living Waters, to hew out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make a peace treaty and come out to me; and every one of you shall eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you shall drink the waters of his own cistern;

The beasts of the field also pant after You, for the rivers of water are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

So two or three cities staggered to one city in order to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you have not returned to Me, declares Jehovah.

As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their rulers, and their priests, and their prophets;

saying to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You gave birth to me. For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face; but in the time of their distress they will say, Arise and save us!

But Jehovah is with me like a mighty, awesome one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not succeed. Their everlasting reproach shall never be forgotten.

Let them be ashamed and abashed together, those who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to dishonor, those who wish me evil.

Let my adversaries be clothed with disgrace, and let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a cloak.

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they who are makers of idols shall go into disgrace together.

But Israel shall be saved in Jehovah with an everlasting salvation. You shall not be ashamed nor humiliated to everlasting eternity.

Because the ground is parched, for there was no rain on the earth, the plowmen were ashamed; they covered their heads.

And David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up; and he had his head covered and was going barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up.

And the king had covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!

Afterward Mordecai went back to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.