1. Jeremiah 14:5–6 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does the doe forsake her newborn and the donkeys pant for air like jackals?

Jeremiah 14:5–6 (ESV)

5 Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

The next two pictures describe the impact that the drought has had on wild animals. The normally caring and protective doe has to leave her newborn fawn to search for food to survive, leaving the young animal to die. The wild donkeys, normally able to withstand the harshest of conditions, desperately sniff the air for any hint of water. The donkey has become a scavenger like a jackal in search of food and water. The lack of water is so severe that the donkey’s eyesight is even failing.1