English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 14, verse 15 in Lxxen Version

Jeremiah 14 : 1 (LXXEN)

AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS CONCERNING THE DROUGHT.

Jeremiah 14 : 2 (LXXEN)

Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Jeremiah 14 : 3 (LXXEN)

And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.

Jeremiah 14 : 4 (LXXEN)

And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Jeremiah 14 : 5 (LXXEN)

And hinds calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

Jeremiah 14 : 6 (LXXEN)

The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

Jeremiah 14 : 7 (LXXEN)

Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee.

Jeremiah 14 : 8 (LXXEN)

O Lord, thou art the hope of Israel, and deliverest us in time of troubles; why art thou become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?

Jeremiah 14 : 9 (LXXEN)

Wilt thou be as a man asleep, or as a strong man that cannot save? yet thou art among us, O Lord, and thy name is called upon us; forget us not.

Jeremiah 14 : 10 (LXXEN)

Thus saith the Lord to this people, They have loved *Gr. to move their feet to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered Gr. in them; Hebraism them; now will he remember their iniquity.

Jeremiah 14 : 11 (LXXEN)

And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for their good:

Jeremiah 14 : 12 (LXXEN)

for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole-burnt-offerings and *Or, meat-offerings sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with Lit. death pestilence.

Jeremiah 14 : 13 (LXXEN)

And I said, O ever living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, Ye shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.

Jeremiah 14 : 14 (LXXEN)

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices of their own heart.

Jeremiah 14 : 15 (LXXEN)

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a *Gr. sickly grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine.

Jeremiah 14 : 16 (LXXEN)

And the people to whom they prophesy, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters shall die thus; and I will pour out their wickedness upon them.

Jeremiah 14 : 17 (LXXEN)

And thou shalt speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous.

Jeremiah 14 : 18 (LXXEN)

If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.

Jeremiah 14 : 19 (LXXEN)

Hast thou utterly rejected Juda? and has thy soul departed from Sion? wherefore has thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!

Jeremiah 14 : 20 (LXXEN)

We know, O Lord, our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before thee.

Jeremiah 14 : 21 (LXXEN)

Refrain for thy name’s sake, destroy not the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Jeremiah 14 : 22 (LXXEN)

Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness at their bidding? Art not thou he? we will even wait on thee, O Lord: for thou hast made all these things.