Jeremiah 14:1–9

Drought and a Prayer for Mercy

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

2 “Judah mourns

And aher gates languish;

They sit on the ground bin mourning,

And the ccry of Jerusalem has ascended.

3 “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.

4 “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.

5 “For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,

Because there is ano grass.

6 “The awild donkeys stand on the bare heights;

They pant for air like jackals,

Their eyes fail

For there is bno vegetation.

7 “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.

8 “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?

9 “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!”