Jeremiah 14:7-22

7Though our 1wrongdoings testify against us, Lord, act 2for the sake of Your name! Our 3apostasies have indeed been many, We have 4sinned against You.85Hope of Israel, Its 6Savior in 7time of distress, Why are You like a stranger in the land, Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?9Why are You like a confused person, Like a warrior who 8cannot save? Yet 9You are in our midst, Lord, And we are 10called by Your name; Do not leave us!”

10This is what the Lord says to this people: “So much they have 11loved to wander; they have not 12restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does 13not accept them; now He will 14remember their wrongdoing and call their sins to account.” 11So the Lord said to me, “15Do not pray for a good outcome on behalf of this people. 12When they fast, I am 16not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer 17burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather, I am going to 18put an end to them by the 19sword, famine, and plague.”

13But I said, “Oh, Lord 20God! Behold, the prophets are telling them, ‘You 21will not see a sword, nor will you have famine; on the contrary, I will give you lasting 22peace in this place.’” 14Then the Lord said to me, “The 23prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. 24I have neither sent them nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a 25false vision, divination, futility, and the deception of their own 26minds. 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’--27by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end! 16And the people to whom they are prophesying will be 28thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to 29bury them--neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will 30pour out their own wickedness upon them.17You will say this word to them, ‘31Let my eyes stream down tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin 32daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely 33infected wound.18If I 34go out to the country, There are those killed by the sword! Or if I enter the city, There are diseases from famine! For 35both prophet and priest Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’”

19Have You completely 36rejected Judah? Or have 37You loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we 38are beyond healing? We 39waited for peace, but nothing good came; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!20We 40know our wickedness, Lord, The wrongdoing of our fathers, for 41we have sinned against You.21Do not despise us, 42for the sake of Your own name; Do not disgrace the 43throne of Your glory. Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.22Are there any among the 4445idols of the nations who 46give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, Lord our God? Therefore we 47wait for You, For You are the one who has done all these things.