Jeremiah 14:7–15:1
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.”
11 Then the Lord said to me, n“Do not pray for this people, for their good. 12 oWhen they fast, I will not hear their cry; and pwhen they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But qI will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
13 rThen I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you 2assured speace in this place.’ ”
14 And the Lord said to me, t“The prophets prophesy lies in My name. uI have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, 3divination, a worthless thing, and the vdeceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, wand who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’—‘By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed! 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; xthey will have no one to bury them—them nor their wives, their sons nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness on them.’
17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
y‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
zFor the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
18 If I go out to athe field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and bpriest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
19 cHave You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that dthere is no healing for us?
eWe looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness
And the iniquity of our ffathers,
For gwe have sinned against You.
21 Do not abhor us, for Your name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
hRemember, do not break Your covenant with us.
22 iAre there any among jthe idols of the nations that can cause krain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
lAre You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
15 Then the Lord said to me, a“Even if bMoses and cSamuel stood before Me, My 1mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth.