Jeremiah 14

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1. 1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah about the drought.
2. 2Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they are darkened to the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3. 3The nobles have sent their little ones to find water. They go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with empty jars, ashamed and confounded, covering their heads.
4. 4The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed and cover their heads.
5. 5Even the doe gave birth in the field and abandoned her young, because there was no grass.
6. 6The wild donkeys stand on the high places, sniffing the wind like dragons. Their eyes fail because there is no grass.
7. 7"LORD, even though our sins testify against us, act for the sake of your name. We have rebelled against you again and again — we have sinned against you."
8. 8"You are the hope of Israel, the one who saves us in times of trouble. Why do you act like a stranger passing through the land, like a traveler who only stops for one night?"
9. 9Why should you be like a man astonished, like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet you, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.
10. 10This is what the LORD says about this people: "They love to wander and refuse to hold back their feet. So the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish them for their sins."
11. 11Then the LORD told me, "Don't pray for the well-being of this people."
12. 12"Even when they fast, I won't listen to their cries. Even when they bring burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won't accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with war, famine, and disease."
13. 13Then I said, "Lord GOD! The prophets keep telling the people, 'You won't face war or famine. The LORD will give you lasting peace right here in this land.'"
14. 14The LORD answered me, "Those prophets are speaking lies in my name. I never sent them. I never gave them orders. I never spoke to them. What they're telling you are false visions, worthless divination, empty nonsense — nothing but the lies their own hearts invented."
15. 15"So this is what the LORD says about those prophets who speak in my name even though I never sent them — the ones who say, 'There will be no war or famine in this land': Those very prophets will die by war and famine."
16. 16And the people they prophesy to will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. No one will be left to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. I will pour their wickedness upon them.
17. 17Therefore say this word to them: 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not stop, because the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.'
18. 18"If I go out to the countryside, I see people cut down by the sword. If I walk into the city, I see people wasting away from hunger. Even the prophets and priests wander through a land they no longer recognize.'"
19. 19"Have you completely rejected Judah? Does your soul despise Zion? Why have you struck us with wounds that can't be healed? We hoped for peace, but nothing good came. We waited for a time of healing, but all we got was terror."
20. 20"LORD, we confess our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors. We have sinned against you."
21. 21"For the sake of your name, don't reject us. Don't bring disgrace on your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us — don't break it."
22. 22"Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Can the skies send showers on their own? No — only you can do this, LORD our God. So we put our hope in you, because you are the one who made all these things."