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Jeremiah

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Chapter 14

¹The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: ²“Judah mourns, and her gates languish; her people sit on the ground in mourning, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up. ³Her nobles send their servants for water; they come to the cisterns; they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded and cover their heads. ⁴Because of the ground that is dismayed, for there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. ⁵Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn because there is no grass. ⁶The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no vegetation.” ⁷“Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name’s sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. ⁸O you hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a sojourner in the land, like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? ⁹Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O LORD, are in our midst, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.” ¹⁰Thus says the LORD concerning this people: “They have loved to wander thus; they have not restrained their feet; therefore the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.” ¹¹The LORD said to me: “Do not pray for the welfare of this people. ¹²Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.” ¹³Then I said: “Ah, Lord GOD, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” ¹⁴And the LORD said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them, nor have I commanded them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. ¹⁵Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’: By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. ¹⁶And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their wickedness upon them. ¹⁷“You shall say to them this word: ‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a mighty blow, with a very grievous wound. ¹⁸If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, those sick with famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and know not what to do.’” ¹⁹Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror! ²⁰We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you. ²¹Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake; do not dishonor your glorious throne; remember your covenant with us; break it not. ²²Are there any among the idols of the nations who can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O LORD our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.