Jeremiah:14

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* The word of the LORD that was given to Jeremiah concerning the famine . * Judah mourns , and its gates languish ; they are black unto the ground ; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up . * And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters : they came to the pits [and ] found no water ; they returned with their vessels empty ; they were ashamed and confounded and covered their heads . * Because the ground is chapped , for there was no rain in the earth , the plowmen were ashamed , they covered their heads . * Even the hind calved in the field and forsook [it ], because there was no grass . * And the wild asses stood in the high places , they snuffed up the wind like dragons ; their eyes failed because [there was ] no grass . * O LORD , though our iniquities testify against us , do it for thy name 's sake ; for our rebellions have multiplied ; we have sinned against thee . * O the hope of Israel , the Keeper thereof in time of trouble , why should thou be as a stranger in the land and as a wayfaring man [that ] turns aside to tarry for a night ? * Why should thou be as a speechless man as a mighty man [that ] cannot save ? Yet thou , O LORD , [art ] in the midst of us , and we are called by thy name ; do not leave us . * Thus hath the LORD said unto this people , Thus have they loved to move , nor have they refrained their feet ; therefore the LORD does not have them in [his ] will ; he will now remember their iniquity and visit their sins . * Then the LORD said unto me , Do not pray for this people for [their ] good . * When they fast , I will not hear their cry ; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation , I will not accept them ; but I will consume them by sword and by famine and by pestilence . * Then I said , Ah , Lord GOD ! behold , the prophets say unto them , Ye shall not see the sword , neither shall ye have famine ; but I will give you true peace in this place . * Then the LORD said unto me , The prophets prophesy lies in my name : I did not send them , neither have I commanded them , neither did I speak unto them : they prophesy unto you a false vision , divination , vanity , and the deceit of their heart . * Therefore thus hath the LORD said concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name which I did not send and that say , Sword and famine shall not be in this land ; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed . * And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword ; and they shall have no one to bury them , their wives , nor their sons , nor their daughters ; for I will pour their wickedness upon them . * Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them : Let my eyes run down with tears night and day , and let them not cease , for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach , with a very grievous blow . * If I go forth into the field , then behold the slain with the sword ! and if I enter into the city , then behold those that are sick with famine ! for both the prophet and the priest walked around in circles in the land , and they did not know [it ]. * Hast thou utterly rejected Judah ? Hath thy soul loathed Zion ? Why didst thou cause us to be smitten when no healing remains for us ? We waited for peace , and [there was ] no good ; and for the time of healing , and behold trouble ! * We acknowledge , O LORD , our wickedness , [and ] the iniquity of our fathers ; for we have sinned against thee . * Do not cast [us ] away ; for thy name 's sake , do not disgrace the throne of thy glory ; remember , do not break thy covenant with us . * Are there [any ] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause it to rain ? or can the heavens give rain ? [art ] not thou he , O LORD our God ? therefore we will wait upon thee , for thou hast made all these [things ].:

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