14This is the word of the LORD to Jeremiah concerning the drought:H1697H3068H3414H1697H12262"Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.H3063H56H8179H535H6937H776H6682H3389H59273The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads.H117H7971H6810H4325H935H1356H1360H4672H4325H7725H3627H7387H954H3637H2645H72184The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.H127H2865H1653H776H406H954H2645H72185Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.H365H3205H7704H5800H18776Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyesight fails for lack of pasture."H6501H5975H8205H7602H7307H8577H5869H3615H62127Although our sins testify against us, O LORD, do something for the sake of your name. For our backsliding is great; we have sinned against you.H3068H5771H6030H6213H8034H4878H7231H23988O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?H4723H3478H3467H6256H6869H1616H776H732H5186H38859Why are you like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? You are among us, O LORD, and we bear your name; do not forsake us!H376H1724H1368H3201H3467H3068H7130H7121H8034H324010This is what the LORD says about this people: "They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; he will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins."H559H3068H5971H157H5128H2820H7272H3068H7521H2142H5771H6485H240311Then the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the well-being of this people.H559H3068H6419H5971H289612Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague."H6684H8085H7440H5927H5930H4503H7521H3615H2719H7458H169813But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets keep telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.'"H559H162H136H3069H5030H559H7200H2719H7458H5414H571H7965H472514Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.H3068H559H5030H5012H8267H8034H7971H6680H1696H5012H8267H2377H7081H457H434H8649H382015Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, 'No sword or famine will touch this land.' Those same prophets will perish by sword and famine.H559H3068H5030H5012H8034H7971H559H2719H7458H776H2719H7458H5030H855216And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.H5971H5012H7993H2351H3389H6440H7458H2719H6912H1992H802H1121H1323H8210H745117"Speak this word to them: "'Let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing; for my virgin daughter--my people--has suffered a grievous wound, a crushing blow.H559H1697H5869H3381H1832H3915H3119H1820H1330H1323H5971H7665H1419H7667H3966H2470H434718If I go into the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I go into the city, I see the ravages of famine. Both prophet and priest have gone to a land they know not.'"H3318H7704H2491H2719H935H5892H8463H7458H5030H3548H5503H776H304519Have you rejected Judah completely? Do you despise Zion? Why have you afflicted us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror.H3988H3988H3063H5315H1602H6726H5221H4832H6960H7965H2896H6256H4832H120520O LORD, we acknowledge our wickedness and the guilt of our fathers; we have indeed sinned against you.H3045H3068H7562H5771H1H239821For the sake of your name do not despise us; do not dishonor your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us and do not break it.H5006H8034H5034H3678H3519H2142H6565H128522Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, O LORD our God. Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all this.H3426H1892H1471H1652H8064H5414H7241H3068H430H6960H6213