Jeremiah 14:1-12 ▼

1 That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah in regard to the drought:

2 “Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the outcry of Jerusalem has gone up.

3 Their mighty ones have sent their underlings for water; They have come to the trenches and found no water. They have returned with their vessels empty; They have been put to shame and dishonored, And they cover their heads.

4 Because the ground is dismayed, For there has been no rain on the land, The farmers have been put to shame; They have covered their heads.

5 For even the doe in the field has given birth only to forsake her young Because there is no grass.

6 The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; They pant for air like jackals; Their eyes fail For there is no vegetation.

7 Although our iniquities answer against us, O Yahweh, act for Your name’s sake! Truly our acts of faithlessness have been many; We have sinned against You.

8 O Hope of Israel, Its Savior in time of distress, Why are You like a sojourner in the land Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent to lodge for the night?

9 Why are You like a man confused, Like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You are in our midst, O Yahweh, And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us!”

10 Thus says Yahweh to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”

11 So Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for the good of this people.

12 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.”