Jeremiah:14

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* The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the matter of droughts . * Judah mourns , and its gates droop . They are black to the ground , and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up . * And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters ; they came to the cisterns , [and ] found no water . They returned with their vessels empty ; they were ashamed and confounded , and covered their heads . * Because the ground was cracked , for there was no rain in the earth , the plowmen were ashamed ; they covered their heads . * Yea , the doe also 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 jackals ; their eyes failed because [there was ] no grass . * O LORD , though our iniquities testify against us , act for Your name 's sake ; for our backslidings are many ; we have sinned against You . * O the Hope of Israel , its Savior in time of trouble , why should You be as a stranger in the land , and as a traveler turning in to lodge ? * Why should You be as a man stunned , as one mighty , [yet ] who cannot save ? Yet You , O LORD , [are ] in our midst , and we are called by Your name . Do not leave us ! * So says the LORD to this people ; So they have loved to wander ; they have not restrained their feet ; therefore the LORD does not accept them . He will now remember their iniquity and visit their sins . * Then the LORD said to me , Do not pray for this people for good . * When they fast , I will not hear their cry ; and when they offer burnt offering and a grain offering , I will not accept them . But I will consume them by the sword , and by the famine , and by the plague . * Then I said , Ah , O Lord Jehovah ! Behold , the prophets are saying to them , You shall not see the sword , nor shall you have famine ; but I will give you true peace in this place . * And the LORD said to me , The prophets prophesy lies in My name ; I did not send them , nor have I commanded them , nor did I speak to them . They prophesy to you a false vision and a worthless divination , and a thing of no value , and the deceit of their heart . * So the LORD says this concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name , and I did not send them ; yet they say , Sword and famine shall not be in this land ; by sword and famine those prophets shall 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 none to bury them , [either ] them , their wives , nor their sons , nor their daughters . For I will pour their evil on them . * And you shall speak this word to them : Let my eyes run down with tears night and day , and do not let them cease . For the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great break , [with ] a very grievous blow . * If I go out into the field , then I see those killed with the sword ! And if I enter into the city , then , behold , sicknesses of famine ! Yes , both the prophet and the priest have gone up into a land that they do not know . * Have You utterly rejected Judah ? Or has Your soul hated Zion ? Why have You stricken us , and [there is ] no healing for us ? [We ] looked for peace , but no good [came ]; and for the time of healing , and behold , trouble ! * We acknowledge , O LORD , our wickedness , the iniquity of our fathers ; for we have sinned against You . * Do not abhor [us ] for Your name 's sake , do not disgrace the throne of Your glory ; remember , do not break Your covenant with us . * Are there [any ] among the vanities of the nations who make rain fall ? Or can the heavens give showers ? [Is ] it not You , O LORD our God ? Then we will wait on You ; for You do all these things .

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