100 lines
3.7 KiB
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100 lines
3.7 KiB
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Famine, Sword, and Pestilence
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# Chapter 14
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1. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
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2. "Judah mourns,
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and her gates languish;
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her people lament on the ground,
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and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
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3. Her nobles send their servants for water;
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they come to the cisterns;
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they find no water;
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they return with their vessels empty;
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they are ashamed and confounded
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and cover their heads.
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4. Because of the ground that is dismayed,
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since there is no rain on the land,
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the farmers are ashamed;
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they cover their heads.
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5. Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
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because there is no grass.
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6. The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
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they pant for air like jackals;
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their eyes fail
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because there is no vegetation.
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7. "Though our iniquities testify against us,
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act, O LORD, for your name's sake;
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for our backslidings are many;
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we have sinned against you.
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8. O you hope of Israel,
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its savior in time of trouble,
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why should you be like a stranger in the land,
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like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
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9. Why should you be like a man confused,
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like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
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Yet you, O LORD, are in the midst of us,
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and we are called by your name;
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do not leave us."
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10. Thus says the LORD concerning this people:
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"They have loved to wander thus;
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they have not restrained their feet;
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therefore the LORD does not accept them;
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now he will remember their iniquity
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and punish their sins."
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11. The LORD said to me: "Do not pray for the welfare of this people.
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12. Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence."
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Lying Prophets
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13. Then I said: "Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.'"
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14. And the LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.
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15. Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say, 'Sword and famine shall not come upon this land': By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
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16. And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, with none to bury them--them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.
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17. "You shall say to them this word:
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'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
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and let them not cease,
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for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
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with a very grievous blow.
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18. If I go out into the field,
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behold, those pierced by the sword!
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And if I enter the city,
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behold, the diseases of famine!
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For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
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and have no knowledge.'"
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19. Have you utterly rejected Judah?
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Does your soul loathe Zion?
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Why have you struck us down
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so that there is no healing for us?
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We looked for peace, but no good came;
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for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
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20. We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD,
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and the iniquity of our fathers,
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for we have sinned against you.
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21. Do not spurn us, for your name's sake;
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do not dishonor your glorious throne;
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remember and do not break your covenant with us.
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22. Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain?
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Or can the heavens give showers?
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Are you not he, O LORD our God?
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We set our hope on you,
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for you do all these things.
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