dby - Jeremiah:14:1-15

dby@Jeremiah:14:1 @ The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

dby@Jeremiah:14:2 @ Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

dby@Jeremiah:14:3 @ 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.

dby@Jeremiah:14:4 @ Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

dby@Jeremiah:14:5 @ For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh [its young], because there is no grass.

dby@Jeremiah:14:6 @ And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

dby@Jeremiah:14:7 @ 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.

dby@Jeremiah:14:8 @ 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?

dby@Jeremiah:14:9 @ 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.

dby@Jeremiah:14:10 @ 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.

dby@Jeremiah:14:11 @ And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

dby@Jeremiah:14:12 @ 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.

dby@Jeremiah:14:13 @ 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.

dby@Jeremiah:14:14 @ 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.

dby@Jeremiah:14:15 @ 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;