Jeremiah 14:1–10
14 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
And aher gates languish;
They bmourn for the land,
And cthe cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3 Their nobles have sent their lads for water;
They went to the cisterns and found no water.
They returned with their vessels empty;
They were dashamed and confounded
eAnd covered their heads.
4 Because the ground is parched,
For there was fno rain in the land,
The plowmen were ashamed;
They covered their heads.
5 Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field,
But 1left because there was no grass.
6 And gthe wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights;
They sniffed at the wind like jackals;
Their eyes failed because there was no grass.”
7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,
Do it hfor Your name’s sake;
For our backslidings are many,
We have sinned against You.
8 iO the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble,
Why should You be like a stranger in the land,
And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why should You be like a man astonished,
Like a mighty one jwho cannot save?
Yet You, O Lord, kare in our midst,
And we are called by Your name;
Do not leave us!
10 Thus says the Lord to this people:
l“Thus they have loved to wander;
They have not restrained their feet.
Therefore the Lord does not accept them;
mHe will remember their iniquity now,
And punish their sins.”