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| 14:1 |
That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in regard to the drought:
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| 14:2 |
"Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.
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| 14:3 |
"And their nobles have sent their servants for water; They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with their vessels empty; They have been put to shame and humiliated, And they cover their heads.
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| 14:4 |
"Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land; The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.
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| 14:5 |
"For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon [her young], Because there is no grass.
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| 14:6 |
"And the wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; They pant for air like jackals, Their eyes fail For there is no vegetation.
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| 14:7 |
"Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for Thy name's sake! Truly our apostasies have been many, We have sinned against Thee.
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| 14:8 |
"Thou Hope of Israel, Its Savior in time of distress, Why art Thou like a stranger in the land Or like a traveler who has pitched his [tent] for the night?
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| 14:9 |
"Why art Thou like a man dismayed, Like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet Thou art in our midst, O LORD, And we are called by Thy name; Do not forsake us!"
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| 14:10 |
Thus says the LORD to this people, "Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account."
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| 14:11 |
So the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the welfare of this people.
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| 14:12 |
"When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence."
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| 14:13 |
But, "Ah, Lord God!" I said, "Look, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'"
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| 14:14 |
Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.
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| 14:15 |
"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them-- yet they keep saying, 'There shall be no sword or famine in this land '-- by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end!
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| 14:16 |
"The people also to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them-- [neither] them, [nor] their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters-- for I shall pour out their [own] wickedness on them.
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| 14:17 |
"And you will say this word to them, 'Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound.
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| 14:18 |
'If I go out to the country, Behold, those slain with the sword! Or if I enter the city, Behold, diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest Have gone roving about in the land that they do not know.'"
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| 14:19 |
Hast Thou completely rejected Judah? Or hast Thou loathed Zion? Why hast Thou stricken us so that we are beyond healing? [We] waited for peace, but nothing good [came]; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
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| 14:20 |
We know our wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against Thee.
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| 14:21 |
Do not despise [us], for Thine own name's sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Thy glory; Remember [and] do not annul Thy covenant with us.
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| 14:22 |
Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not Thou, O LORD our God? Therefore we hope in Thee, For Thou art the one who hast done all these things.
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