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# Chapter 14
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1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
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2 “Judah mourns,
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And her gates languish;
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They mourn for the land,
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And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
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3 Their nobles have sent their lads for water;
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They went to the cisterns and found no water.
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They returned with their vessels empty;
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They were ashamed and confounded
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And covered their heads.
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4 Because the ground is parched,
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For there was no rain in the land,
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The plowmen were ashamed;
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They covered their heads.
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5 Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field,
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But left because there was no grass.
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6 And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights;
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They sniffed at the wind like jackals;
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Their eyes failed because there was no grass.”
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7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,
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Do it 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 the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble,
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Why should You be like a stranger in the land,
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And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
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9 Why should You be like a man astonished,
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Like a mighty one who cannot save?
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Yet You, O Lord, are in our midst,
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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 to this people:
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“Thus they have loved to wander;
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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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He will remember their iniquity now,
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And punish their sins.”
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11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good.
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12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
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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 prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.
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15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in 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 because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—them nor their wives, their sons nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness on them.’
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17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
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‘Let my eyes flow 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
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Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
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18 If I go out to the field,
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Then behold, those slain with the sword!
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And if I enter the city,
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Then behold, those sick from famine!
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Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
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19 Have You utterly rejected Judah?
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Has Your soul loathed Zion?
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Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us?
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We looked for peace, but there was no good;
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And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
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20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness
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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 abhor us, for Your name’s sake;
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Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
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Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
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22 Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause 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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Therefore we will wait for You,
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Since You have made all these. |