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Jeremiah 14

Drought and a Prayer for Mercy

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That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in regard to the  adrought:

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"Judah mourns And  aher gates languish; They sit on the ground  bin mourning, And the  ccry of Jerusalem has ascended.

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"Their nobles have  asent their  1servants for water; They have come to the  bcisterns and found no water. They have returned with their vessels empty; They have been  cput to shame and humiliated, And they  dcover their heads.

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"Because the  aground is  1cracked, For there has been  bno rain on the land; The  cfarmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.

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"For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young, Because there is  ano grass.

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"The  awild donkeys stand on the bare heights; They pant for air like jackals, Their eyes fail For there is  bno vegetation.

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"Although our  ainiquities testify against us, O LORD, act  bfor Your name's sake! Truly our  capostasies have been many, We have  dsinned against You.

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"O  aHope of Israel, Its  bSavior in  ctime of distress, Why are You like a stranger in the land Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?

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"Why are You like a man dismayed, Like a mighty man who  acannot save? Yet  bYou are in our midst, O LORD, And we are  ccalled by Your name; Do not forsake us!"

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Thus says the LORD to this people, "Even so they have  aloved to wander; they have not  bkept their feet in check. Therefore the LORD does  cnot accept them; now He will  dremember their iniquity and call their sins to account."

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So the LORD said to me, " aDo not pray for the welfare of this people.

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"When they fast, I am  anot going to listen to their cry; and when they offer  bburnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to  cmake an end of them by the  dsword, famine and pestilence."

False Prophets

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But, "Ah, Lord  1GOD!" I said, "Look, the prophets are telling them, `You  awill not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you  2lasting  bpeace in this place.' "

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Then the LORD said to me, "The  aprophets are prophesying falsehood in My name.  bI have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a  cfalse vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own  1minds.

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"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them--yet they keep saying, `There will be no sword or famine in this land'-- aby sword and famine those prophets shall  1meet their end!

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"The people also to whom they are prophesying will be  athrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to  bbury them--neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters--for I will  cpour out their own wickedness on them.

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"You will say this word to them, ` aLet my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin  bdaughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely  cinfected wound.

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`If I  ago out to the country, Behold, those  1slain with the sword! Or if I enter the city, Behold, diseases of famine! For  bboth prophet and priest Have  2gone roving about in the land that they do not know.' "

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Have You completely  arejected Judah? Or have  1You loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we  bare beyond healing? We  cwaited for peace, but nothing good came; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!

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We  aknow our wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity of our fathers, for  bwe have sinned against You.

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Do not despise us,  afor Your own name's sake; Do not disgrace the  bthrone of Your glory; Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.

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Are there any among the  1 aidols of the nations who  bgive rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we  2 chope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things.



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