Jeremiah Chapter 14

• Jeremiah 14:1
  Jeremiah.
• Jeremiah 14:2
  This is the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
• Jeremiah 14:3
  “Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.
• Jeremiah 14:4
  Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disapp...
• Jeremiah 14:5
  Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.
• Jeremiah 14:6
  Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
• Jeremiah 14:7
  The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.
• Jeremiah 14:8
  Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, LORD; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.
• Jeremiah 14:9
  You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay fo...
• Jeremiah 14:10
  Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t lea...
• Jeremiah 14:11
  The LORD says to this people: “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the LORD does not accept them. Now he...
• Jeremiah 14:12
  The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.
• Jeremiah 14:13
  When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by th...
• Jeremiah 14:14
  Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither will you have famine; but I will give you assured pea...
• Jeremiah 14:15
  Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t command them. I didn’t speak to them. They prophesy to ...
• Jeremiah 14:16
  Therefore the LORD says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, but I didn’t send them, yet they say, ‘Sword and famine will not be in this l...
• Jeremiah 14:17
  The people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. They will have no one to bury them—...
• Jeremiah 14:18
  “You shall say this word to them: “‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is bro...
• Jeremiah 14:19
  If I go out into the field, then behold, the slain with the sword! If I enter into the city, then behold, those who are sick with famine! For both the...
• Jeremiah 14:20
  Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good ...
• Jeremiah 14:21
  We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
• Jeremiah 14:22
  Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.
• Jeremiah 14:23
  Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, the LORD our God? Therefore we will w...