Jeremiah 14:7-22

7ThoughH518 our 1wrongdoingsH5771 testifyH6030 against us, LordH3068, actH6213 2for the sakeH4616 of Your nameH8034! Our 3apostasiesH4878 have indeedH3588 beenH7231 manyH7231, We have 4sinnedH2398 against You.85HopeH4723 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 confusedH1724 personH376, Like a warriorH1368 who 8cannotH3201H3808 saveH3467? Yet 9You are in our midstH7130, LordH3068, And we are 10calledH7121 by Your nameH8034; Do not leaveH5117 us!”

10ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559 to thisH2088 peopleH5971: “SoH3651 muchH3651 they have 11lovedH157 to wanderH5128; they have not 12restrainedH2820 their feetH7272. Therefore the LordH3068 does 13not acceptH7521 them; nowH6258 He will 14rememberH2142 their wrongdoingH5771 and callH6485 their sinsH2403 toH6485 accountH6485.” 11So the LordH3068 saidH559 to me, “15Do not prayH6419 for a goodH2899 outcomeH2899 on behalfH1157 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 18putH3615 anH3615 endH3615 toH3615 them by the 19swordH2719, famineH7458, and plagueH1698.”

13But I saidH559, “OhH162, LordH136 20GodH3068! BeholdH2009, the prophetsH5030 are tellingH559 them, ‘You 21will not seeH7200 a swordH2719, norH3808 will you haveH1961 famineH7458; onH3588 theH3588 contraryH3588, I will giveH5414 you lastingH571 22peaceH7965 in thisH2088 placeH4725.’” 14Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to me, “The 23prophetsH5030 are prophesyingH5012 falsehoodH8267 in My nameH8034. 24I have neitherH3808 sentH7971 them norH3808 commandedH6680 them, norH3808 spokenH1696 to them; they are prophesyingH5012 to you a 25falseH8267 visionH2377, divinationH7081, futilityH457, and the deceptionH8649 of their own 26mindsH3820. 15ThereforeH3651 thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559 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’--27by swordH2719 and famineH7458 thoseH1992 prophetsH5030 shall meetH8552 their endH8552! 16And the peopleH5971 to whomH834 they are prophesyingH5012 will be 28thrownH7993 outH7993 into the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389 becauseH4480H6440 of the famineH7458 and the swordH2719; and thereH369 willH369 beH369 noH369 oneH369 to 29buryH6912 them--neither them, nor their wivesH802, norH369 their sonsH1121, norH369 their daughtersH1323. For I will 30pourH8210 outH8210 their own wickednessH7463 upon them.17You will sayH559 thisH2088 wordH1697 to them, ‘31Let my eyesH5869 streamH3381 downH3381 tearsH1832 nightH3915 and dayH3119, And let them not ceaseH1820; For the virginH1330 32daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 has been crushedH7665 with a mightyH1419 blowH7667, With a sorelyH3966 33infectedH2470 woundH4347.18IfH518 I 34goH3318 outH3318 to the countryH7704, ThereH2009 are those killedH2491 by the swordH2719! Or ifH518 I enterH935 the cityH5892, ThereH2009 are diseasesH8463 from famineH7458! For 35bothH1571 prophetH5030 and priestH3548 Have wanderedH5503 aroundH5503 in the landH776 that they do not knowH3045.’”

19Have You completelyH3988 36rejectedH3988 JudahH3063? OrH518 have 37You loathedH1602 ZionH6726? WhyH4069 have You strickenH5221 us so that we 38are beyondH369 healingH4832? We 39waitedH6960 for peaceH7965, but nothingH369 goodH2896 came; And for a timeH6256 of healingH4832, but beholdH2009, terrorH1205!20We 40knowH3045 our wickednessH7562, LordH3068, The wrongdoingH5771 of our fathersH1, for 41we have sinnedH2398 against You.21Do not despiseH5006 us, 42for the sakeH4616 of Your own nameH8034; Do not disgraceH5034 the 43throneH3678 of Your gloryH3519. RememberH2142 and do not annulH6565 Your covenantH1285 with us.22AreH3426 thereH3426 anyH3426 among the 4445idolsH1892 of the nationsH1471 who 46giveH1652 rainH1652? OrH518 can the heavensH8064 grantH5414 showersH7241? Is it not You, LordH3068 our GodH430? Therefore we 47waitH6960 for You, For You are the one who has doneH6213 allH3605 theseH428 thingsH428.