Jeremiah 14:15-22

15Therefore this is what the Lord says 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 meet their end! 16And the people to whom they are prophesying will be 2thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to 3bury them--neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will 4pour out their own wickedness upon them.17You will say this word to them, ‘5Let my eyes stream down tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin 6daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely 7infected wound.18If I 8go out to the country, There are those killed by the sword! Or if I enter the city, There are diseases from famine! For 9both prophet and priest Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’”

19Have You completely 10rejected Judah? Or have 11You loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we 12are beyond healing? We 13waited for peace, but nothing good came; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!20We 14know our wickedness, Lord, The wrongdoing of our fathers, for 15we have sinned against You.21Do not despise us, 16for the sake of Your own name; Do not disgrace the 17throne of Your glory. Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.22Are there any among the 1819idols of the nations who 20give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, Lord our God? Therefore we 21wait for You, For You are the one who has done all these things.