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Jeremiah 14

CHAPTER 14 Famine and the Sword Devour Judah

1 And came to pass the word of the lord to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 2 Judea mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are enveloped in darkness upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem ascended. 3 And her great men sent their younger ones for water. They came upon the wells and did not find water. They returned their receptacles empty. 4 And the works of the land failed, for there was no rain. [³were ashamed ¹The ²farmers], they covered their head. 5 And the hinds in the field gave birth, and abandoned it, for there was no pasturage. 6 [²donkeys ¹The wild] stood upon the groves, and drew wind as dragons; [²failed ¹their eyes], for there was no grass. 7 Since our sins opposed us, O lord, do for us because of your name! For [²are many ¹our sins] before you. Against you we sinned. 8 You are the endurance of Israel, O lord, delivering in time of evils. Why did you become as a sojourner upon the earth, and as a native-born turning aside for lodging? 9 Will you be as a man sleeping, or as a man not being able to deliver? But you [²among ³us ¹are], O lord, and your name is called upon us; you should not forget us. 10 Thus says the lord to this people, They loved to move their feet, and spared not, and God prospered not the way among them. Now [³shall be remembered ¹the ²iniquity], and he visited their sins. 11 And the lord said to me, Do not pray for this people for good! 12 For if they should fast, I will not listen to their supplication. And if they should bring whole burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, I will not think well of them. For by sword and by famine [³unto ⁴death ¹I ²will finish them off entirely].

The LORD Speaks against the False Prophets

13 And I said, O Being One, O lord. Behold, the prophets prophesy and say, You shall not see a sword, nor shall hunger be among you; for truth and peace I shall appoint upon the land, and in this place. 14 And the lord said to me, [⁴lies ¹the ²prophets ³prophesy] in my name. I did not send them, and I did not give charge to them, and I did not speak to them. For [²visions ¹lying], and divinations, and omens, and the resolves of their own heart they prophesy to you. 15 On account of this, thus says the lord, concerning the prophets, of the ones prophesying [²in ³my name ¹lies], and I did not send them, who say, Sword and famine will not be upon this land. By [²death ¹a diseased] [³shall die ⁴and ⁵by ⁶hunger ⁷they shall be finished off entirely ¹the ²prophets], 16 even the people to whom they prophesy to them. And they will be tossed in the streets of Jerusalem from in front of the sword, and of the famine. And there will not be one entombing them, even their wives, and their sons, and their daughters. And I shall pour out against them for their evils. 17 And you shall say to them this word, Lead down [²into ³your eyes ¹tears] day and night, and let them not stop! For [²defeat ¹by a great ⁵was defeated ³the daughter ⁴of my people], even by [³beating ²grievous ¹an exceedingly]. 18 If I should go forth into the plain, then behold, ones slain by sword. And if I should enter into the city, then behold, the misery of famine. For priest and prophet were gone into a land which they did not know.

A Supplication to The LORD

19 Did by rejecting you reject Judah? and [³from ⁴Zion ²removed itself ¹has your soul]? Why did you smite us, and there is no healing for us? We waited for peace, but there was no good; for a time of healing, but behold, only disturbance. 20 We knew, O lord, our sins, the iniquities of our fathers. For we sinned before you. 21 Abate, on account of your name! You should not destroy the throne of your glory. Remember! you should not efface your covenant, the one with us! 22 Is there one among the idols of the nations causing rain, and shall [²the ³heaven ¹an idol give] its fullness, no. Is it not you being he, O lord our God. And we shall wait on you, for you made all these.