Jeremiah (KJV) 14
14 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.
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