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Drought
and a Prayer for Mercy |
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| Jeremiah 14:1 |
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That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah
in regard to the drought: |
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| Jeremiah 14:2 |
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"Judah mourns And her gates languish; They sit
on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended. |
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| Jeremiah 14:3 |
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"Their nobles have sent their servants for water;
They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with their
vessels empty; They have been put to shame and humiliated, And they cover their
heads. |
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| Jeremiah 14:4 |
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"Because the ground is cracked, For there has
been no rain on the land; The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered
their heads. |
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| Jeremiah 14:5 |
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"For even the doe in the field has given birth
only to abandon her young, Because there is no grass. |
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| Jeremiah 14:6 |
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"The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
They pant for air like jackals, Their eyes fail For there is no vegetation. |
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| Jeremiah 14:7 |
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"Although our iniquities testify against us,
O LORD, act for Your name's sake! Truly our apostasies have been many, We have
sinned against You. |
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| Jeremiah 14:8 |
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"O Hope of Israel, Its Savior in time of distress,
Why are You like a stranger in the land Or like a traveler who has pitched his
tent for the night? |
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| Jeremiah 14:9 |
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"Why are You like a man dismayed, Like a mighty
man who cannot save? Yet You are in our midst, O LORD, And we are called by Your
name; Do not forsake us!" |
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| Jeremiah 14:10 |
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Thus says the LORD to this people, "Even so
they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the
LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their
sins to account." |
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| Jeremiah 14:11 |
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So the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the
welfare of this people. |
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| Jeremiah 14:12 |
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"When they fast, I am not going to listen to
their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going
to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine
and pestilence." |
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False Prophets |
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| Jeremiah 14:13 |
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But, "Ah, Lord GOD!" I said, "Look, the prophets
are telling them, 'You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I
will give you lasting peace in this place.'" |
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| Jeremiah 14:14 |
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Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are
prophesying falsehood in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them
nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility
and the deception of their own minds. |
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| Jeremiah 14:15 |
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"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the
prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them--yet
they keep saying, 'There will be no sword or famine in this land'--by sword and
famine those prophets shall meet their end! |
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| Jeremiah 14:16 |
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"The people also to whom they are prophesying
will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the
sword; and there will be no one to bury them--neither them, nor their wives, nor
their sons, nor their daughters--for I will pour out their own wickedness on them.
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| Jeremiah 14:17 |
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"You will say this word to them, 'Let my eyes
flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter
of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound.
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| Jeremiah 14:18 |
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'If I go out to the country, Behold, those slain
with the sword! Or if I enter the city, Behold, diseases of famine! For both prophet
and priest Have gone roving about in the land that they do not know.'" |
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| Jeremiah 14:19 |
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Have You completely rejected Judah? Or have
You loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We waited
for peace, but nothing good came; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
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| Jeremiah 14:20 |
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We know our wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity
of our fathers, for we have sinned against You. |
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| Jeremiah 14:21 |
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Do not despise us, for Your own name's sake;
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; Remember and do not annul Your covenant
with us. |
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| Jeremiah 14:22 |
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Are there any among the idols of the nations
who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God?
Therefore we hope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things. |
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