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[1]The word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
[2]Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they bow down in black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
[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.
[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.
[5]Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,
[6]And the wild asses stand on the high hills, they gasp for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
[7]Though our iniquities testify against us, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, work Thou for Thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against Thee.
[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?
[9]Why shouldest thou be as a man overcome, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet Thou, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, art in the midst of us, and Thy name is called upon us; leave us not.
[10]Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 unto this people: Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; therefore 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 doth not accept them, now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.
[11]And 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 said unto me: 'Pray not for this people for their good.
[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.'
[13]Then said I: 'Ah, Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇! 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.'
[14]Then 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 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.
[15]Therefore thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: 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;
[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.'
[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.
[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.
[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!
[20]We acknowledge, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, our wickedness, even the iniquity of ou fathers; for we have sinned against Thee.
[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.
[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 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 our God, and do we not wait for Thee? For Thou hast made all these things.
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