Jeremiah:14
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The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth .
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Judah mourneth ,
and the gates thereof languish ;
they are black unto the ground ;
and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up .
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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 ro #
sh #.
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Because the ground is chapt ,
for there was no rain in the earth ,
the plowmen were ashamed ,
they covered their heads ro #
sh #.
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Yea ,
the hind also calved in the field ,
and forsook it ,
because there was no grass .
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And the wild asses did stand in the high places ,
they snuffed up the wind like dragons ;
their eyes did fail ,
because there was no grass .
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O LORD ,
though our iniquities testify against us ,
do thou it for thy names sake :
for our backslidings are many ;
we have sinned against thee .
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O the hope of Israel Yisra #
el #,
the saviour thereof in time of trouble ,
why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land ,
and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night ?
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Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied ,
as a mighty man that cannot save ?
yet thou ,
O LORD ,
art in the midst of us ,
and we are called by thy name ;
leave us not .
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Thus saith the LORD unto this people ,
Thus have they loved to wander ,
they have not refrained their feet ,
therefore the LORD doth not accept them ;
he will now remember their iniquity ,
and visit their sins chatta #
ah #.
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Then said the LORD unto me ,
Pray not for this people for their good .
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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 the sword ,
and by the famine ra #
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and by the pestilence .
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Then said I ,
Ah ,
Lord GOD !
behold ,
the prophets say unto them ,
Ye shall not see the sword ,
neither shall ye have famine ra #
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but I will give you assured peace in this place .
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Then the LORD said unto me ,
The prophets prophesy lies in my name :
I sent them not ,
neither have I commanded them ,
neither spake unto them :
they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination ,
and a thing of nought #,
and the deceit of their heart .
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Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name ,
and I sent them not ,
yet they say ,
Sword and famine shall not be in this land ;
By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed .
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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 ,
them ,
their wives ,
nor their sons ,
nor their daughters :
for I will pour their wickedness upon them .
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Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them ;
Let mine 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 .
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If I go forth into the field ,
then behold the slain with the sword !
and if I enter into the city ,
then behold them that are sick with famine ra #
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yea ,
both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not .
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Hast thou utterly rejected Judah ?
hath thy soul lothed Zion ?
why hast thou smitten us ,
and there is no healing for us ?
we looked for peace ,
and there is no good ;
and for the time of healing ,
and behold trouble b @#
athah #!
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We acknowledge ,
O LORD ,
our wickedness ,
and the iniquity of our fathers :
for we have sinned against thee .
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Do not abhor us ,
for thy names sake ,
do not disgrace the throne of thy glory :
remember ,
break not thy covenant with us .
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Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ?
or can the heavens give showers ?
art not thou he ,
O LORD our God ?
therefore we will wait upon thee :
for thou hast made all these things .