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Jeremiah 14
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The Drought

14The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:H1697H3068H3414H1697H1226
2Judah mourns; her gates languish. [Her people] are on the ground in mourning; Jerusalem's cry rises up.H3063H56H8179H535H6937H776H6682H3389H5927
3Their nobles send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns; they find no water; their containers return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.H117H7971H6810H4325H935H1356H1360H4672H4325H7725H3627H7387H954H3637H2645H7218
4The ground is cracked since no rain [has fallen] on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.H127H2865H1653H776H406H954H2645H7218
5Even the doe in the field gives birth and abandons [her fawn] since there is no grass.H365H3205H7704H5800H1877
6Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights panting for air like jackals. Their eyes fail because there are no green plants.H6501H5975H8205H7602H7307H8577H5869H3615H6212
7Though our guilt testifies against us, LORD, act for Your name's sake. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.H3068H5771H6030H6213H8034H4878H7231H2398
8Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of distress, why are You like an alien in the land, like a traveler stopping only for the night?H4723H3478H3467H6256H6869H1616H776H732H5186H3885
9Why are You like a helpless man, like a warrior unable to save? Yet You are among us, LORD, and we are called by Your name. Don't leave us!H376H1724H1368H3201H3467H3068H7130H7121H8034H3240
10This is what the LORD says concerning these people: Truly they love to wander; they never rest their feet. So the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their guilt and punish their sins.H559H3068H5971H157H5128H2820H7272H3068H7521H2142H5771H6485H2403

False Prophets to be Punished

11Then the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the well-being of these people.H559H3068H6419H5971H2896
12If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague."H6684H8085H7440H5927H5930H4503H7521H3615H2719H7458H1698
13And I replied, "Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, 'You won't see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.'"H559H162H136H3069H5030H559H7200H2719H7458H5414H571H7965H4725
14But the LORD said to me, "These prophets are prophesying a lie in My name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit of their own minds.H3068H559H5030H5012H8267H8034H7971H6680H1696H5012H8267H2377H7081H457H434H8649H3820
15"Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who say: There will never be sword or famine in this land: By sword and famine these prophets will meet their end.H559H3068H5030H5012H8034H7971H559H2719H7458H776H2719H7458H5030H8552
16The people they are prophesying to will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. There will be no one to bury them— they, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. I will pour out their own evil on them."H5971H5012H7993H2351H3389H6440H7458H2719H6912H1992H802H1121H1323H8210H7451

Jeremiah’s Request

17You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may [they] not stop, for the virgin daughter of my people has been destroyed by a great disaster, an extremely severe wound.H559H1697H5869H3381H1832H3915H3119H1820H1330H1323H5971H7665H1419H7667H3966H2470H4347
18If I go out to the field, look— those slain by the sword! If I enter the city, look— those ill from famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.H3318H7704H2491H2719H935H5892H8463H7458H5030H3548H5503H776H3045
19Have You completely rejected Judah? Do You detest Zion? Why do You strike us with no hope of healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.H3988H3988H3063H5315H1602H6726H5221H4832H6960H7965H2896H6256H4832H1205
20We acknowledge our wickedness, LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.H3045H3068H7562H5771H1H2398
21Because of Your name, don't despise [us]. Don't disdain Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.H5006H8034H5034H3678H3519H2142H6565H1285
22Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies alone give showers? Are You not the LORD our God? We therefore put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.H3426H1892H1471H1652H8064H5414H7241H3068H430H6960H6213


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