Jeremiah 14 : 1 (MKJV)
The Word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the matter of droughts.
Jeremiah 14 : 2 (MKJV)
Judah mourns, and its gates droop. They are black to the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
Jeremiah 14 : 3 (MKJV)
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters; they came to the cisterns, and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Jeremiah 14 : 4 (MKJV)
Because the ground was cracked, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed; they covered their heads.
Jeremiah 14 : 5 (MKJV)
Yea, the doe also calved in the field and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 14 : 6 (MKJV)
And the wild asses stood in the high places; they snuffed up the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 14 : 7 (MKJV)
O Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
Jeremiah 14 : 8 (MKJV)
O the Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of trouble, why should You be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveler turning in to lodge?
Jeremiah 14 : 9 (MKJV)
Why should You be as a man stunned, as one mighty, yet who cannot save? Yet You, O Jehovah, are in our midst, and we are called by Your name. Do not leave us!
Jeremiah 14 : 10 (MKJV)
So says Jehovah to this people; So they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet; therefore Jehovah does not accept them. He will now remember their iniquity and visit their sins.
Jeremiah 14 : 11 (MKJV)
Then Jehovah said to me, Do not pray for this people for good.
Jeremiah 14 : 12 (MKJV)
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and a grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the plague.
Jeremiah 14 : 13 (MKJV)
Then I said, Ah, O Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets are saying to them, You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you true peace in this place.
Jeremiah 14 : 14 (MKJV)
And Jehovah said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I did not send them, nor have I commanded them, nor did I speak to them. They prophesy to you a false vision and a worthless divination, and a thing of no value, and the deceit of their heart.
Jeremiah 14 : 15 (MKJV)
So Jehovah says this concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, and I did not send them; yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
Jeremiah 14 : 16 (MKJV)
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, either them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will pour their evil on them.
Jeremiah 14 : 17 (MKJV)
And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and do not let them cease. For the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great break, with a very grievous blow.
Jeremiah 14 : 18 (MKJV)
If I go out into the field, then I see those killed with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then, behold, sicknesses of famine! Yes, both the prophet and the priest have gone up into a land that they do not know.
Jeremiah 14 : 19 (MKJV)
Have You utterly rejected Judah? Or has Your soul hated Zion? Why have You stricken us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble!
Jeremiah 14 : 20 (MKJV)
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
Jeremiah 14 : 21 (MKJV)
Do not abhor us for Your name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
Jeremiah 14 : 22 (MKJV)
Are there any among the vanities of the nations who make rain fall? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Jehovah our God? Then we will wait on You; for You do all these things.
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