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they pant in the wind like jackals

This speaks of the donkeys panting because they are thirsty by saying that they pant like jackals. Jackals are fiece wild dog which pant a lot. Alternate translation: "they pant in the wind like thirsty jackals" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)

Their eyes fail to work, for there is no vegetation

"They become blind because there is no grass to eat"