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Jer.|14:1|-|The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the |1|drought:
Jer.|14:2|-|Judah mourns,And her gates languish;
In black they mourn on the ground,And the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
Jer.|14:3|-|And their nobles send their servants for water;They come to cisterns,
And they find |a|no water;They return with their vessels empty;
They are ashamed and confoundedAnd cover their heads.
Jer.|14:4|-|Because the ground is cracked,For there has been no rain on the earth,
The farmers are ashamed;They cover their heads.
Jer.|14:5|-|For even the hind in the field gives birth and abandons its youngBecause there is no grass.
Jer.|14:6|-|And the wild asses stand on the bare heights;They pant after the wind like jackals;
Their eyes fail,For there is no herbage.
Jer.|14:7|-|Although our iniquities testify against us,O Jehovah, act for Your |a|name’s sake,
For our apostasies have become many;We have sinned against You.
Jer.|14:8|-|O |a|Hope of Israel,Its Savior in a time of distress,
Why should You be like a sojourner in the land,Like a traveler who turns aside to lodge for the night?
Jer.|14:9|-|Why should You be like an astonished man,Like a mighty man who is unable to save?
Yet You are in our |a|midst, O Jehovah,And we are called by Your |b|name;
Do not leave us.
Jer.|14:10|-|Thus says Jehovah to this people, Even so they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet. Therefore Jehovah has no delight in them; now He will |a|remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
Jer.|14:11|-|And Jehovah said to me, Do not |a|pray for the welfare of this people.
Jer.|14:12|-|When they fast, I will not listen to their cry; when they offer up a burnt offering and a meal offering, I will not accept them; but by sword and by famine and by pestilence I will consume them.
Jer.|14:13|-|And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! Indeed, the prophets say to them, You will not see sword, nor will you have famine, for I will give you assured peace in this place.
Jer.|14:14|-|And Jehovah said to me, The prophets prophesy |a|falsehood in My name; I did not send them or command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision and divination and a worthless thing and the deceit of their own heart.
Jer.|14:15|-|Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, although I did not send them, yet they say, A sword and famine will not be in this land: By sword and by famine those prophets will be consumed.
Jer.|14:16|-|And the people to whom they prophesy will be cast out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, and their sons and their daughters—and I will pour out their own wickedness on them.
Jer.|14:17|-|And you shall speak this word to them,Let |1|my eyes run down with |a|tears
Night and day, and let them not cease;For the virgin daughter of my people is broken with great brokenness,
A very grievous wound.
Jer.|14:18|-|If I go forth into the field—Look, those slain by the sword;
And if I come into the city—Look, those diseased with famine.
For both the prophet and the priestWill go about in a land that they do not know.
Jer.|14:19|-|Have You utterly |a|rejected Judah?Or does Your soul loathe Zion?
Why have You stricken usSo that there is no healing for us?
|b|We looked for peace, but no good came;And for a time of healing, but there was terror.
Jer.|14:20|-|We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness,The iniquity of our fathers, for we have |a|sinned against You.
Jer.|14:21|-|Do not hold us in contempt, for Your name’s sake;Do not dishonor Your throne of glory;
Remember and do not break Your covenant with us.
Jer.|14:22|-|Are there among the |a|vanities of the nations any that can bring rain,Or in the heavens any that can give showers?
Are You not He, O Jehovah our God?Therefore we wait for You,
For You have made all these things.
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