The Book of Jeremiah
14: 1The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 14:2Judah
mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and
the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 14:3And their nobles send their little ones to the
waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels
empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads. 14:4Because of
the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen
are put to shame, they cover their heads. 14:5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth,
and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass. 14:6And the wild asses stand on
the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no
herbage. 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake,
O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. 14:8O thou
hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be
as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a
night? 14:9Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot
save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name;
leave us not. 14:10Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to
wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept
them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. 14:11And Jehovah
said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. 14:12When they fast, I will not
hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not
accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence. 14:13Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say unto them,
Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you
assured peace in this place. 14:14Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy
lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I
unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of
nought, and the deceit of their own heart. 14:15Therefore thus saith Jehovah
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. 14:16And 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. 14:17And 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 wound. 14:18If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the
sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for
both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou
smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good
came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay! 14:20We acknowledge, O
Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned
against thee. 14:21Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of
thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. 14:22Are there any among the
vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art
not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast
made all these things.