Jeremiah 14:1-12 - ESV Online

JEREMIAH 14:1-12

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Famine, Sword, and Pestilence

14:1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
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“Judah mourns,

and her gates languish;

her people lament on the ground,

and the cry of Jerusalem goes up. 3

Her nobles send their servants for water;

they come to the cisterns;

they find no water;

they return with their vessels empty;

they are ashamed and confounded

and cover their heads. 4

Because of the ground that is dismayed,

since there is no rain on the land,

the farmers are ashamed;

they cover their heads. 5

Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn

because there is no grass. 6

The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;

they pant for air like jackals;

their eyes fail

because there is no vegetation.
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“Though our iniquities testify against us,

act, O Lord, for your name’s sake;

for our backslidings are many;

we have sinned against you. 8

O you hope of Israel,

its savior in time of trouble,

why should you be like a stranger in the land,

like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? 9

Why should you be like a man confused,

like a mighty warrior who cannot save?

Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,

and we are called by your name;

do not leave us.”
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Thus says the Lord concerning this people:

“They have loved to wander thus;

they have not restrained their feet;

therefore the Lord does not accept them;

now he will remember their iniquity

and punish their sins.”
11 The Lord said to me: “Do not pray for the welfare of this people. 12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

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