Jeremiah 14
1. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
2. Judah mourneth * , and the gates thereof languish * ; they are black * unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up * .
3. 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.
4. Because the ground is chapt * , for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed * , they covered * their heads.
5. Yea, the hind also calved * in the field, and forsook * it, because there was no grass.
6. 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.
7. O LORD, though our iniquities testify * against us, do * thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many * ; we have sinned * against thee.
8. O the hope of Israel, 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 * ?
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Then said * the LORD unto me, Pray * not for this people for their good.
12. 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, and by the pestilence.
13. Then said * I, Ah, Lord GOD ! 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. 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.
15. 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 * .
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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 ! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about * into a land that they know * not.
19. 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 !
20. We acknowledge * , O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned * against thee.
21. Do not abhor * us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace * the throne of thy glory: remember * , break * not thy covenant with us.
22. 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.
