Jeremiah 14:1-10

1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.

2“Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

3Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.

4Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads.

5Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But left because there was no grass.

6And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights; They sniffed at the wind like jackals; Their eyes failed because there was no grass.”

7O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name’s sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You.

8O the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, Why should You be like a stranger in the land, And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?

9Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, are in our midst, And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us!

10Thus says the Lord to this people: “Thus they have loved to wander; They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; He will remember their iniquity now, And punish their sins.”