Jeremiah 14:7-22

7AlthoughH518 our 1iniquitiesH5771 testifyH6030 against us, O LordH3068, actH6213 2for Your name’sH8034 sakeH4616! TrulyH3588 our 3apostasiesH4878 have beenH7231 manyH7231, We have 4sinnedH2398 against You.8O 5HopeH4723 of IsraelH3478, Its 6SaviorH3467 in 7timeH6256 of distressH6869, WhyH4100 are You like a strangerH1616 in the landH776 Or like a travelerH732 who has pitchedH5186 his tent for the nightH3885?9WhyH4100 are You like a manH376 dismayedH1724, Like a mightyH1368 manH1368 who 8cannotH3201H3808 saveH3467? Yet 9You are in our midstH7130, O LordH3068, And we are 10calledH7121 by Your nameH8034; Do not forsakeH5117 us!”

10ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 to thisH2088 peopleH5971, “Even soH3651 they have 11lovedH157 to wanderH5128; they have not 12keptH2820 their feetH7272 in checkH2820. Therefore the LordH3068 does 13not acceptH7521 them; nowH6258 He will 14rememberH2142 their iniquityH5771 and callH6485 their sinsH2403 to accountH6485.” 11So the LordH3068 saidH559 to me, “15Do not prayH6419 for the welfareH2899 of thisH2088 peopleH5971. 12WhenH3588 they fastH6684, I am 16not going to listenH8085 to their cryH7440; and whenH3588 they offerH5927 17burntH5930 offeringH5930 and grain offeringH4503, I am not going to acceptH7521 them. RatherH3588 I am going to 18makeH3615 an endH3615 of them by the 19swordH2719, famineH7458 and pestilenceH1698.”

13But, “AhH162, LordH136 20GodH3068!” I saidH559, “LookH2009, the prophetsH5030 are tellingH559 them, ‘You 21will not seeH7200 the swordH2719 norH3808 will you haveH1961 famineH7458, but I will giveH5414 you 22lastingH571 23peaceH7965 in thisH2088 placeH4725.’” 14Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to me, “The 24prophetsH5030 are prophesyingH5012 falsehoodH8267 in My nameH8034. 25I have neitherH3808 sentH7971 them norH3808 commandedH6680 them norH3808 spokenH1696 to them; they are prophesyingH5012 to you a 26falseH8267 visionH2377, divinationH7081, futilityH457 and the deceptionH8649 of their own 27mindsH3820. 15ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 concerningH5921 the prophetsH5030 who are prophesyingH5012 in My nameH8034, although it was not I who sentH7971 them--yet they keep sayingH559, ‘There will be noH3808 swordH2719 or famineH7458 in thisH2088 landH776’--28by swordH2719 and famineH7458 thoseH1992 prophetsH5030 shall 29meetH8552 their endH8552! 16The peopleH5971 also to whomH834 they are prophesyingH5012 will be 30thrownH7993 out into the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389 becauseH4480H6440 of the famineH7458 and the swordH2719; and thereH369 will be noH369 oneH369 to 31buryH6912 them--neither them, nor their wivesH802, norH369 their sonsH1121, norH369 their daughtersH1323--for I will 32pourH8210 out their own wickednessH7463 on them.17You will sayH559 thisH2088 wordH1697 to them, ‘33Let my eyesH5869 flowH3381 downH3381 with tearsH1832 nightH3915 and dayH3119, And let them not ceaseH1820; For the virginH1330 34daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 has been crushedH7665 with a mightyH1419 blowH4347, With a sorelyH3966 35infectedH2470 woundH4347.18IfH518 I 36goH3318 out to the countryH7704, BeholdH2009, those 37slainH2491 with the swordH2719! Or ifH518 I enterH935 the cityH5892, BeholdH2009, diseasesH8463 of famineH7458! For 38bothH1571 prophetH5030 and priestH3548 Have 39gone rovingH5503 aboutH5503 in the landH776 that they do not knowH3045.’”

19Have You completelyH3988 40rejectedH3988 JudahH3063? OrH518 have 41You loathedH1602 ZionH6726? WhyH4069 have You strickenH5221 us so that we 42are beyondH369 healingH4832? We 43waitedH6960 for peaceH7965, but nothingH369 goodH2896 came; And for a timeH6256 of healingH4832, but beholdH2009, terrorH1205!20We 44knowH3045 our wickednessH7562, O LordH3068, The iniquityH5771 of our fathersH1, for 45we have sinnedH2398 against You.21Do not despiseH5006 us, 46for Your own name’sH8034 sakeH4616; Do not disgraceH5034 the 47throneH3678 of Your gloryH3519; RememberH2142 and do not annulH6565 Your covenantH1285 with us.22Are thereH3426 anyH3426 among the 4849idolsH1892 of the nationsH1471 who 50giveH1652 rainH1652? OrH518 can the heavensH8064 grantH5414 showersH7241? Is it not You, O LordH3068 our GodH430? Therefore we 5152hopeH6960 in You, For You are the one who has doneH6213 allH3605 theseH428 thingsH428.