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1 # The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came to Jeremiah <03414> concerning <01697> the dearth <01226>.
2 Judah <03063> mourneth <056> (8804), and the gates <08179> thereof languish <0535> (8797); they are black <06937> (8804) unto the ground <0776>; and the cry <06682> of Jerusalem <03389> is gone up <05927> (8804) .
3 And their nobles <0117> have sent <07971> (8804) their little ones <06810> to the waters <04325>: they came <0935> (8804) to the pits <01356> (8676) <01360>, and found <04672> (8804) no water <04325>; they returned <07725> (8804) with their vessels <03627> empty <07387>; they were ashamed <0954> (8804) and confounded <03637> (8717), and covered <02645> (8804) their heads <07218>.
4 Because the ground <0127> is chapt <02865> (8804), for there was no rain <01653> in the earth <0776>, the plowmen <0406> were ashamed <0954> (8804), they covered <02645> (8804) their heads <07218>.
5 Yea, the hind <0365> also calved <03205> (8804) in the field <07704>, and forsook <05800> (8800) it, because there was no grass <01877>.
6 And the wild asses <06501> did stand <05975> (8804) in the high places <08205>, they snuffed up <07602> (8804) the wind <07307> like dragons <08577>; their eyes <05869> did fail <03615> (8804), because there was no grass <06212>.
7 O LORD <03068>, though our iniquities <05771> testify <06030> (8804) against us, do <06213> (8798) thou it for thy name's <08034> sake: for our backslidings <04878> are many <07231> (8804); we have sinned <02398> (8804) against thee.
8 O the hope <04723> of Israel <03478>, the saviour <03467> (8688) thereof in time <06256> of trouble <06869> , why shouldest thou be as a stranger <01616> in the land <0776>, and as a wayfaring man <0732> (8802) that turneth aside <05186> (8804) to tarry for a night <03885> (8800)?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man <0376> astonied <01724> (8737), as a mighty man <01368> that cannot <03201> (8799) save <03467> (8687)? yet thou, O LORD <03068>, art in the midst <07130> of us, and we are called <07121> (8738) by thy name <08034>; leave <03240> (8686) us not.
10 # Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> unto this people <05971>, Thus have they loved <0157> (8804) to wander <05128> (8800), they have not refrained <02820> (8804) their feet <07272>, therefore the LORD <03068> doth not accept <07521> (8804) them; he will now remember <02142> (8799) their iniquity <05771>, and visit <06485> (8799) their sins <02403>.
11 Then said <0559> (8799) the LORD <03068> unto me, Pray <06419> (8691) not for this people <05971> for their good <02896>.
12 When they fast <06684> (8799), I will not hear <08085> (8802) their cry <07440>; and when they offer <05927> (8686) burnt offering <05930> and an oblation <04503>, I will not accept <07521> (8802) them: but I will consume <03615> (8764) them by the sword <02719>, and by the famine <07458>, and by the pestilence <01698>.
13 Then said <0559> (8799) I, Ah <0162>, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! behold, the prophets <05030> say <0559> (8802) unto them, Ye shall not see <07200> (8799) the sword <02719>, neither shall ye have famine <07458>; but I will give <05414> (8799) you assured <0571> peace <07965> in this place <04725>.
14 Then the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto me, The prophets <05030> prophesy <05012> (8737) lies <08267> in my name <08034>: I sent <07971> (8804) them not, neither have I commanded <06680> (8765) them, neither spake <01696> (8765) unto them: they prophesy <05012> (8693) unto you a false <08267> vision <02377> and divination <07081> , and a thing of nought <0457> (8675) <0434>, and the deceit <08649> of their heart <03820>.
15 Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> concerning the prophets <05030> that prophesy <05012> (8737) in my name <08034>, and I sent <07971> (8804) them not, yet they say <0559> (8802), Sword <02719> and famine <07458> shall not be in this land <0776>; By sword <02719> and famine <07458> shall those prophets <05030> be consumed <08552> (8735).
16 And the people <05971> to whom they prophesy <05012> (8737) shall be cast out <07993> (8716) in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389> because <06440> of the famine <07458> and the sword <02719>; and they shall have none to bury <06912> (8764) them <01992>, them, their wives <0802>, nor their sons <01121>, nor their daughters <01323>: for I will pour <08210> (8804) their wickedness <07451> upon them.
17 # Therefore thou shalt say <0559> (8804) this word <01697> unto them; Let mine eyes <05869> run down <03381> (8799) with tears <01832> night <03915> and day <03119>, and let them not cease <01820> (8799): for the virgin <01330> daughter <01323> of my people <05971> is broken <07665> (8738) with a great <01419> breach <07667>, with a very <03966> grievous <02470> (8737) blow <04347>.
18 If I go forth <03318> (8804) into the field <07704>, then behold the slain <02491> with the sword <02719>! and if I enter <0935> (8804) into the city <05892>, then behold them that are sick <08463> with famine <07458>! yea, both the prophet <05030> and the priest <03548> go about <05503> (8804) into a land <0776> that they know <03045> (8804) not.
19 Hast thou utterly <03988> (8800) rejected <03988> (8804) Judah <03063>? hath thy soul <05315> lothed <01602> (8804) Zion <06726>? why hast thou smitten <05221> (8689) us, and there is no healing <04832> for us? we looked <06960> (8763) for peace <07965>, and there is no good <02896>; and for the time <06256> of healing <04832>, and behold trouble <01205>!
20 We acknowledge <03045> (8804), O LORD <03068>, our wickedness <07562>, and the iniquity <05771> of our fathers <01>: for we have sinned <02398> (8804) against thee.
21 Do not abhor <05006> (8799) us, for thy name's <08034> sake, do not disgrace <05034> (8762) the throne <03678> of thy glory <03519>: remember <02142> (8798), break <06565> (8686) not thy covenant <01285> with us.
22 Are there <03426> any among the vanities <01892> of the Gentiles <01471> that can cause rain <01652> (8688) ? or can the heavens <08064> give <05414> (8799) showers <07241>? art not thou he, O LORD <03068> our God <0430> ? therefore we will wait <06960> (8762) upon thee: for thou hast made <06213> (8804) all these things.