Jeremiah 14
14
The Drought
1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: # Jr 17:8
2Judah mourns;
her gates languish. # Is 3:26
Her people are on the ground in mourning;
Jerusalem’s cry rises up. # 1Sm 5:12
3Their nobles send their servants # Lit little ones for water.
They go to the cisterns;
they find no water;
their containers return empty.
They are ashamed and humiliated;
they cover their heads. # Est 6:12; 7:8
4The ground is cracked
since no rain has fallen on the land.
The farmers are ashamed; # Jl 1:11
they cover their heads.
5Even the doe in the field
gives birth and abandons her fawn
since there is no grass.
6Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights # Jr 2:24
panting for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail
because there are no green plants.
7Though our guilt testifies against us,
Yahweh, act for Your name’s sake.
Indeed, our rebellions # Jr 2:19; 3:6,22; 5:6 are many;
we have sinned against You. # Is 64:5; Jr 3:25; 8:14; 14:20; Lm 3:42; 5:16; Dn 9:5`112
8Hope of Israel, # Jr 17:13; 50:7
its Savior in time of distress,
why are You like a foreigner in the land,
like a traveler stopping only for the night?
9Why are You like a helpless man,
like a warrior unable to save? # Is 59:1
Yet You are among us, Yahweh, # Ex 29:45
and we are called by Your name.
Don’t leave us!
10This is what the Lord says concerning these people:
Truly they love to wander; # Jr 5:31; Am 8:12
they never rest their feet.
So the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins. # Hs 8:13
False Prophets to be Punished
11Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of these people. # Jr 7:16; 11:14; 15:1 12If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.” # Jr 5:12
13And I replied, “Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, ‘You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.’ ” # Jr 4:10; 6:13-14; 8:10-12
14But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in My name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit # Ps 119:118; Jr 8:5; 23:26 of their own minds. # Jr 5:31; 20:6; 23:25-26,32; 27:10,14-16; 29:9,21,31
15“Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who say, ‘There will never be sword or famine in this land.’ By sword and famine these prophets will meet their end. 16The people they are prophesying to will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. There will be no one to bury them # Jr 7:33; 9:22 — they, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. I will pour out their own evil on them.”
Jeremiah’s Request
17You are to speak this word to them:
Let my eyes overflow with tears;
day and night may they not stop, # Jr 9:1,10; 13:17
for the virgin daughter of my people
has been destroyed by a great disaster, # Jr 4:6; 6:1
an extremely severe wound. # Jr 10:19; 30:12
18If I go out to the field,
look — those slain by the sword!
If I enter the city,
look — those ill # Dt 29:22 from famine!
For both prophet and priest
travel to a land they do not know.
19Have You completely rejected Judah?
Do You detest # Lv 26:11,30,43-44 Zion?
Why do You strike us
with no hope of healing for us?
We hoped for peace,
but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing,
but there was only terror. # Jr 8:15; 33:9
20We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,
the guilt of our fathers; # Jr 3:25; 11:10; 16:12-13
indeed, we have sinned against You.
21Because of Your name, don’t despise us.
Don’t disdain Your glorious throne. # Dt 32:19; Jr 15:6; 17:12
Remember Your covenant # Lv 26:44; Jdg 2:1; Is 33:8 with us;
do not break it.
22Can any of the worthless idols of the nations # Jr 8:19; 10:8,15; 16:19 bring rain?
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You, # Is 8:17; 25:9
for You have done all these things.
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Jeremiah 14
14
Physical and Spiritual Drought
1The word of Adonai that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts:
2Judah will mourn, and her gates languish. They will bow in black to the ground And Jerusalem’s wail will go up.
3Their nobles will send their lads for water. They come to the cisterns, but find no water. Their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
4Because the ground is cracked, since there has been no rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed— they cover their heads.
5For even the doe in the field abandons her newborn fawn, because there is no grass.
6Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, as they pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, since there is no foliage.
7Though our iniquities testify against us, Adonai, act for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against You.
8O hope of Israel, Savior in time of trouble, why are You like a stranger in the land, or like a traveler who stays for a night?
9Why are You like a man overcome, like a champion who cannot save? Yet you, Adonai, are in our midst, and we are called by Your Name. Do not forsake us!
10Thus says Adonai to this people: How they loved to wander, They did not restrain their feet. So Adonai does not accept them. Now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.
11So Adonai said to me: “Do not pray for the good of this people.
12If they fast, I will not hear their cry. If they offer burnt offering or grain offering, I will not accept them. Instead I will consume them with sword, with famine and with plague.”
13Then I said: “Oh my Lord, Adonai! The prophets keep telling them: ‘You will not see the sword nor famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.’”
14Then Adonai said to me: “The prophets prophesy lies in My Name! I did not send them, nor commanded them, nor did I speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, divination, futility, a delusion of their heart.”
15Therefore thus says Adonai: “About the prophets who prophesy in My Name, though I did not send them, yet keep saying, ‘Sword and famine will never be in this land’—by sword and famine will those prophets be consumed.
16Also the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword. They will have no one to bury them, their wives, their sons or their daughters. For I will pour their disaster on them.”
17You will say this word to them: “Let my eyes overflow with tears. Night and day, may they never stop. For the virgin daughter of my people is crushed with a great blow, with a sorely infected wound.”
Intercessory Confession
18If I go out into the field, see, those slain by the sword! And if I enter into the city, see, the sick with famine! For both prophet and kohen will travel to a land they do not know.
19Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for shalom, but nothing good came, and for a time of healing, but suddenly, terror!
20We acknowledge our wickedness, Adonai, the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.
21Do not despise us, for Your Name’s sake. Do not dishonor Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us— do not break it!
22Can any of the idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies grant showers? Is it not You, Adonai our God? Do we not wait for You? For You have done all these things.
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