Jeremiah 14 JPS Tanakh (1917)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
Jeremiah is not in PT1904.
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
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2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they bow down in black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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3 And their nobles send their lads for water: they come to the pits, and find no water; their vessels return empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their heads.
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4 Because of the ground which is cracked, for there hath been no rain in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.
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5 Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,
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6 And the wild asses stand on the high hills, they gasp for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
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7 Though our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, work Thou for Thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against Thee.
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8 O Thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
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9 Why shouldest thou be as a man overcome, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet Thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and Thy name is called upon us; leave us not.
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10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people: Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; therefore the LORD doth not accept them, now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.
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11 And the LORD said unto me: 'Pray not for this people for their good.
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12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.'
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13 Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them: Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'
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14 Then the LORD said unto me: 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I unto them; they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.
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15 Therefore thus saith the LORD: As for the prophets that prophesy in My name, and I sent them not, yet they say: Sword and famine shall not be in this land, by sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed;
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16 and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters; for I will pour their evil upon them.'
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17 And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
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18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest are gone about to a land, and knew it not.
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19 Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Hath Thy soul loathed Zion? Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!
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20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, even the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against Thee.
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21 Do not contemn us, for Thy name's sake, do not dishonour the throne of Thy glory; remember, break not Thy covenant with us.
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22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O LORD our God, and do we not wait for Thee? For Thou hast made all these things.
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Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 17:8
- 2 Isaiah 3:26; Jeremiah 8:21; 1 Samuel 5:12; Lamentations 4:8–9; Zechariah 7:13
- 3 2 Samuel 15:30; Psalm 40:14; 2 Kings 18:31; Jeremiah 2:13; Amos 4:8
- 4 Joel 1:11; Joel 1:19–20; Jeremiah 3:3; Deuteronomy 29:23; Joel 1:17
- 5 Psalm 29:9; Isaiah 15:6; Job 39:1–4
- 6 Jeremiah 2:24; Job 39:5–6; Joel 1:18; 1 Samuel 14:29; Lamentations 4:17
- 7 Psalm 25:11; Hosea 5:5; Jeremiah 14:20–21; Jeremiah 5:6; Isaiah 59:12
- 8 Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 50:7; Psalm 50:15; Isaiah 43:3; Psalm 37:39–40
- 9 Isaiah 59:1; Isaiah 63:19; Numbers 14:15–16; Numbers 11:23; Psalm 46:5
- 10 Hosea 9:9; Hosea 8:13; Psalm 119:101; Jeremiah 6:20; Amos 5:22
- 11 Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14; Exodus 32:32–34; Exodus 32:10; Jeremiah 15:1
- 12 Jeremiah 11:11; Ezekiel 8:18; Proverbs 1:28; Ezekiel 14:21; Jeremiah 6:20
- 13 Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 23:17; Jeremiah 4:10; Micah 3:11; 2 Peter 2:1
- 14 Ezekiel 13:6–7; Jeremiah 29:8–9; Isaiah 30:10–11; Ezekiel 12:24; Jeremiah 29:31
- 15 Jeremiah 5:12–13; Ezekiel 14:10; Jeremiah 6:15; 2 Peter 2:14–17; Jeremiah 20:6
- 16 Psalm 79:2–3; Proverbs 1:31; Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 15:2–3; Jeremiah 18:21
- 17 Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 13:17; Lamentations 1:15–16; Jeremiah 9:1; Lamentations 2:13
- 18 Ezekiel 7:15; Lamentations 1:20; Jeremiah 8:10; Jeremiah 52:6–7; Jeremiah 6:13
- 19 Lamentations 5:22; Jeremiah 8:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 6:30; 2 Kings 17:19–20
- 20 Jeremiah 3:25; Psalm 32:5; Luke 15:18–21; 1 John 1:7–9; Jeremiah 3:13
- 21 Jeremiah 14:7; Psalm 106:45; Jeremiah 3:17; Psalm 89:39–40; Daniel 9:15–19
- 22 Joel 2:23; Jeremiah 5:24; Psalm 135:7; Isaiah 30:23; Deuteronomy 32:21
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