Jer 14 | NASB2020 | STEP | That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah regarding the drought :

Jeremiah 14

Drought and a Prayer for Mercy

1 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah regarding the ^adrought:

2 “Judah mourns
And ^bher gates languish;
Her people sit on the ground ^cin mourning garments,
And the ^dcry of Jerusalem has ascended.
3 “Their nobles have ^esent their ^{▼▼Lit little ones}servants for water;
They have come to the ^gcisterns and found no water.
They have returned with their containers empty;
They have been ^hput to shame and humiliated,
And they ⁱcover their heads,
4 Because the ^jground is ^{▼▼Lit shattered}cracked,
For there has been ^lno rain on the land.
The ^mfarmers have been put to shame,
They have covered their heads.
5 “For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,
Because there is ⁿno grass.
6 “The ^owild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
They pant for air like jackals,
Their eyes fail
Because there is ^pno vegetation.
7 “Though our ^qwrongdoings testify against us,
Lord, act ^rfor the sake of Your name!
Our ^sapostasies have indeed been many,
We have ^tsinned against You.
8 “ ^uHope of Israel,
Its ^vSavior in ^wtime of distress,
Why are You like a stranger in the land,
Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?
9 “Why are You like a confused person,
Like a warrior who ^xcannot save?
Yet ^yYou are in our midst, Lord,
And we are ^zcalled by Your name;
Do not leave us!”
10 This is what the Lord says to this people: “So much they have ^aaloved to wander; they have not ^abrestrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does ^acnot accept them; now He will ^adremember their wrongdoing and call their sins to account.” 11 So the Lord said to me, “ ^aeDo not pray for a good outcome on behalf of this people. 12 When they fast, I am ^afnot going to listen to their cry; and when they offer ^agburnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather, I am going to ^ahput an end to them by the ^aisword, famine, and plague.”

False Prophets

13 But I said, “Oh, Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God! Behold, the prophets are telling them, ‘You ^akwill not see a sword, nor will you have famine; on the contrary, I will give you lasting ^alpeace in this place.’” 14 Then the Lord said to me, “The ^amprophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. ^anI have neither sent them nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a ^aofalse vision, divination, futility, and the deception of their own ^{▼▼Lit heart}minds. 15 Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them--yet they keep saying: ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’-- ^aqby sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end! 16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be ^arthrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to ^asbury them--neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will ^atpour out their own wickedness upon them.

17 “You will say this word to them,
‘ ^auLet my eyes stream down tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin ^avdaughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely ^awinfected wound.
18 ‘If I ^axgo out to the country,
There are those killed by the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
There are diseases from famine!
For ^ayboth prophet and priest
Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’”

19 Have You completely ^azrejected Judah?
Or have ^{▼▼Lit Your soul}You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we ^bbare beyond healing?
We ^bcwaited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
20 We ^bdknow our wickedness, Lord,
The wrongdoing of our fathers, for ^bewe have sinned against You.
21 Do not despise us, ^bffor the sake of Your own name;
Do not disgrace the ^bgthrone of Your glory.
Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the ^{▼▼Lit futilities
,} ^biidols of the nations who ^bjgive rain?
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, Lord our God?
Therefore we ^bkwait for You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.