Jeremiah:14:1-15

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* The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought . * Judah mourneth , and the gates thereof languish , they are black unto the ground ; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up . * And their nobles send their little ones for water : they come to the pits , they find no water ; they return with their vessels empty ; they are ashamed , they are confounded , and have covered their heads . * Because the ground is chapt , for there hath been no rain on the earth , the ploughmen are ashamed , they cover their heads . * For the hind also calveth in the field , and forsaketh [its young ], because there is no grass . * And the wild asses stand on the heights , they snuff up the wind like jackals ; their eyes fail , because there is no herbage . * Jehovah , though our iniquities testify against us , do thou act for thy name 's sake ; for our backslidings are many -- we have sinned against thee . * Thou hope of Israel , its Saviour in the time of trouble , why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land , and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night ? * Why wilt thou be as a man astonished , as a mighty man that cannot save ? Yet thou , Jehovah , art in the midst of us , and we are called by thy name : leave us not . * Thus saith Jehovah to this people : Even so have they loved to wander , they have not refrained their feet ; and Jehovah hath no delight in them : now will he remember their iniquity , and visit their sins . * And Jehovah said unto me , Pray not for this people for their good . * When they fast , I will not hear their cry ; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation , I will not accept them : for I will consume them by sword , and by famine , and by pestilence . * And I said , Alas , Lord Jehovah ! Behold , the prophets say unto them , Ye shall not see the sword , neither shall ye have famine ; for I will give you assured peace in this place . * And Jehovah said unto me , The prophets prophesy falsehood in my name ; I have not sent them , neither have I commanded them , nor spoken unto them : they prophesy unto you a false vision , and divination , and a thing of nought , and the deceit of their heart . * Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name , and I sent them not , and who say , Sword and famine shall not be in this land : By sword and by famine shall those prophets be consumed ;

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