Jer 14 | NASB1995 | STEP | That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah in regard to the drought :

‏ Jeremiah 14

Drought and a Prayer for Mercy

1 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah in regard to the ^adrought: 2 “Judah mourns
And ^bher gates languish;
They sit on the ground ^cin mourning,
And the ^dcry of Jerusalem has ascended.
3 “Their nobles have ^esent their ^{▼▼ Lit little ones}servants for water;
They have come to the ^gcisterns and found no water.
They have returned with their vessels empty;
They have been ^hput to shame and humiliated,
And they ⁱcover their heads.
4 “Because the ^jground is ^{▼▼ Lit shattered}cracked,
For there has been ^lno rain on the land;
The ^mfarmers have been put to shame,
They have covered their heads.
5 “For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,
Because there is ⁿno grass.
6 “The ^owild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
They pant for air like jackals,
Their eyes fail
For there is ^pno vegetation.
7 “Although our ^qiniquities testify against us,
O Lord, act ^rfor Your name’s sake!
Truly our ^sapostasies have been many,
We have ^tsinned against You.
8 “O ^uHope of Israel,
Its ^vSavior in ^wtime of distress,
Why are You like a stranger in the land
Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?
9 “Why are You like a man dismayed,
Like a mighty man who ^xcannot save?
Yet ^yYou are in our midst, O Lord,
And we are ^zcalled by Your name;
Do not forsake us!”

10 Thus says the Lord to this people, “Even so they have ^aaloved to wander; they have not ^abkept their feet in check. Therefore the Lord does ^acnot accept them; now He will ^adremember their iniquity and call their sins to account.” 11 So the Lord said to me, ^ae“Do not pray for the welfare of this people. 12 “When they fast, I am ^afnot going to listen to their cry; and when they offer ^agburnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to ^ahmake an end of them by the ^aisword, famine and pestilence.”

False Prophets

13 But, “Ah, Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God!” I said, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You ^akwill not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you ^{▼▼ Lit peace of truth}lasting ^ampeace in this place.’” 14 Then the Lord said to me, “The ^anprophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. ^aoI have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a ^apfalse vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own ^{▼▼ Lit hearts}minds. 15 “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’— ^arby sword and famine those prophets shall ^{▼▼ Lit be finished}meet their end! 16 “The people also to whom they are prophesying will be ^atthrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to ^aubury them— neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters— for I will ^avpour out their own wickedness on them. 17 “You will say this word to them,
‘ ^awLet my eyes flow down with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin ^axdaughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely ^ayinfected wound.
18 ‘If I ^azgo out to the country,
Behold, those ^{▼▼ Lit pierced}slain with the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
Behold, diseases of famine!
For ^bbboth prophet and priest
Have ^{▼▼ Or gone around trading}gone roving about in the land that they do not know.’”

19 Have You completely ^bdrejected Judah?
Or have ^{▼▼ Lit Your soul}You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we ^bfare beyond healing?
We ^bgwaited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
20 We ^bhknow our wickedness, O Lord,
The iniquity of our fathers, for ^biwe have sinned against You.
21 Do not despise us, ^bjfor Your own name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the ^bkthrone of Your glory;
Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the ^{▼▼ Lit vanities
,} ^bmidols of the nations who ^bngive rain?
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we ^{▼▼ Or wait for
,} ^bphope in You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.