Jeremiah 14:15-22

15Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them--yet they keep saying, ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’--1by sword and famine those prophets shall 2meet their end! 16The people also to whom they are prophesying will be 3thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to 4bury them--neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters--for I will 5pour out their own wickedness on them.17You will say this word to them, ‘6Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin 7daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely 8infected wound.18If I 9go out to the country, Behold, those 10slain with the sword! Or if I enter the city, Behold, diseases of famine! For 11both prophet and priest Have 12gone roving about in the land that they do not know.’”

19Have You completely 13rejected Judah? Or have 14You loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we 15are beyond healing? We 16waited for peace, but nothing good came; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!20We 17know our wickedness, O Lord, The iniquity of our fathers, for 18we have sinned against You.21Do not despise us, 19for Your own name’s sake; Do not disgrace the 20throne of Your glory; Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.22Are there any among the 2122idols of the nations who 23give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, O Lord our God? Therefore we 2425hope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things.