nkjv Jeremiah:14:1-9
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:1 @ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:2 @ "Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:3 @ Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:4 @ Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads.
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:5 @ Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But left because there was no grass.
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:6 @ And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights; They sniffed at the wind like jackals; Their eyes failed because there was no grass."
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:7 @ O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name's sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You.
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:8 @ O the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, Why should You be like a stranger in the land, And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
nkjv@Jeremiah:14:9 @ Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O LORD, are in our midst, And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us!