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| [1]THE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. |
[1]The wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 that came to JeremiahH3414 concerningH1697 the dearthH1226. |
| [2]Judah mourns and her gates are desolate; they are fallen on the ground, and the painful cry of Jerusalem is gone up. |
[2]JudahH3063 mournethH56[H8804], and the gatesH8179 thereof languishH535[H8797]; they are blackH6937[H8804] unto the groundH776; and the cryH6682 of JerusalemH3389 is gone upH5927.[H8804] |
| [3]And their nobles have sent their least ones for water; they came to the cistern, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. |
[3]And their noblesH117 have sentH7971[H8804] their little onesH6810 to the watersH4325: they cameH935[H8804] to the pitsH1356[H8676][H1360], and foundH4672[H8804] no waterH4325; they returnedH7725[H8804] with their vesselsH3627 emptyH7387; they were ashamedH954[H8804] and confoundedH3637[H8717], and coveredH2645[H8804] their headsH7218. |
| [4]Because of the evil deeds of the land, the ground is parched, no rain has fallen upon it; the farmers are ashamed, they covered their heads. |
[4]Because the groundH127 is chaptH2865[H8804], for there was no rainH1653 in the earthH776, the plowmenH406 were ashamedH954[H8804], they coveredH2645[H8804] their headsH7218. |
| [5]Yea, the hinds also gave birth in the field, and forsook their young ones because there was no grass. |
[5]Yea, the hindH365 also calvedH3205[H8804] in the fieldH7704, and forsookH5800[H8800] it, because there was no grassH1877. |
| [6]And the wild asses stood in the paths, they snuffed up the wind like jackals; their eyes did fail because there was no grass. |
[6]And the wild assesH6501 did standH5975[H8804] in the high placesH8205, they snuffed upH7602[H8804] the windH7307 like dragonsH8577; their eyesH5869 did failH3615[H8804], because there was no grassH6212. |
| [7]Though our sins testify against us, O LORD have mercy upon us for thy name's sake; for thy lovingkindness is great; we have sinned against thee. |
[7]O LORDH3068, though our iniquitiesH5771 testifyH6030[H8804] against us, doH6213[H8798] thou it for thy name'sH8034 sake: for our backslidingsH4878 are manyH7231[H8804]; we have sinnedH2398 against theeH8804. |
| [8]O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in the time of trouble, be thou not as a stranger in the land and as a wayfarer who turns aside to tarry for a night. |
[8]O the hopeH4723 of IsraelH3478, the saviourH3467[H8688] thereof in timeH6256 of troubleH6869, why shouldest thou be as a strangerH1616 in the landH776, and as a wayfaring manH732[H8802] that turneth asideH5186[H8804] to tarry for a nightH3885?[H8800] |
| [9]Be thou not as a weak man, as a man who cannot save; yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not |
[9]Why shouldest thou be as a manH376 astoniedH1724[H8737], as a mighty manH1368 that cannotH3201[H8799] saveH3467[H8687]? yet thou, O LORDH3068, art in the midstH7130 of us, and we are calledH7121[H8738] by thy nameH8034; leaveH3240 us notH8686. |
| [10]Thus says the LORD to this people: They have loved to be unreliable, they have not restrained their feet from going after evil; therefore the LORD is not pleased with them; he will now remember their iniquity and punish their sins. |
[10]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 unto this peopleH5971, Thus have they lovedH157[H8804] to wanderH5128[H8800], they have not refrainedH2820[H8804] their feetH7272, therefore the LORDH3068 doth not acceptH7521[H8804] them; he will now rememberH2142[H8799] their iniquityH5771, and visitH6485[H8799] their sinsH2403. |
| [11]Then the LORD said to me, Do not pray for this people for their good. |
[11]Then saidH559[H8799] the LORDH3068 unto me, PrayH6419[H8691] not for this peopleH5971 for their goodH2896. |
| [12]For if they fast, I will not hear their prayer; and if they offer burnt offerings and an oblation, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword and by famine and by pestilence. |
[12]When they fastH6684[H8799], I will not hearH8085[H8802] their cryH7440; and when they offerH5927[H8686] burnt offeringH5930 and an oblationH4503, I will not acceptH7521[H8802] them: but I will consumeH3615[H8764] them by the swordH2719, and by the famineH7458, and by the pestilenceH1698. |
| [13]Then I said, Hear me, I beseech thee, O LORD God! Behold, the prophets say to the people, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace and justice in this country. |
[13]Then saidH559[H8799] I, AhH162, LordH136 GODH3069! behold, the prophetsH5030 sayH559[H8802] unto them, Ye shall not seeH7200[H8799] the swordH2719, neither shall ye have famineH7458; but I will giveH5414[H8799] you assuredH571 peaceH7965 in this placeH4725. |
| [14]Then the LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: for I did not send them, neither have I commanded them nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you false visions, oracles and divinations and the deceit of their hearts; |
[14]Then the LORDH3068 saidH559[H8799] unto me, The prophetsH5030 prophesyH5012[H8737] liesH8267 in my nameH8034: I sentH7971[H8804] them not, neither have I commandedH6680[H8765] them, neither spakeH1696[H8765] unto them: they prophesyH5012[H8693] unto you a falseH8267 visionH2377 and divinationH7081, and a thing of noughtH457[H8675][H434], and the deceitH8649 of their heartH3820. |
| [15]Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I did not send them; yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. |
[15]Therefore thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 concerning the prophetsH5030 that prophesyH5012[H8737] in my nameH8034, and I sentH7971[H8804] them not, yet they sayH559[H8802], SwordH2719 and famineH7458 shall not be in this landH776; By swordH2719 and famineH7458 shall those prophetsH5030 be consumedH8552.[H8735] |
| [16]And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of sword and famine and pestilence; and they shall have none to bury them, neither their wives nor their sons nor their daughters; for I will pour out their wickedness upon them |
[16]And the peopleH5971 to whom they prophesyH5012[H8737] shall be cast outH7993[H8716] in the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389 becauseH6440 of the famineH7458 and the swordH2719; and they shall have none to buryH6912[H8764] themH1992, them, their wivesH802, nor their sonsH1121, nor their daughtersH1323: for I will pourH8210[H8804] their wickedness upon themH7451. |
| [17]Therefore you shall say this word to them: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a terrible defeat; she is smitten with a very grievous wound. |
[17]Therefore thou shalt sayH559[H8804] this wordH1697 unto them; Let mine eyesH5869 run downH3381[H8799] with tearsH1832 nightH3915 and dayH3119, and let them not ceaseH1820[H8799]: for the virginH1330 daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 is brokenH7665[H8738] with a greatH1419 breachH7667, with a veryH3966 grievousH2470[H8737] blowH4347. |
| [18]If I go forth into the desert, then behold, the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then behold, those who are suffering with famine! For also both the prophets and the priests are begging in the land unrecognized. |
[18]If I go forthH3318[H8804] into the fieldH7704, then behold the slainH2491 with the swordH2719! and if I enterH935[H8804] into the cityH5892, then behold them that are sickH8463 with famineH7458! yea, both the prophetH5030 and the priestH3548 go aboutH5503[H8804] into a landH776 that they knowH3045 notH8804. |
| [19]Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? Hast thy soul loathed Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold fear! |
[19]Hast thou utterlyH3988[H8800] rejectedH3988[H8804] JudahH3063? hath thy soulH5315 lothedH1602[H8804] ZionH6726? why hast thou smittenH5221[H8689] us, and there is no healingH4832 for us? we lookedH6960[H8763] for peaceH7965, and there is no goodH2896; and for the timeH6256 of healingH4832, and behold troubleH1205! |
| [20]We acknowledge, O LORD, our sins and the sins of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee. |
[20]We acknowledgeH3045[H8804], O LORDH3068, our wickednessH7562, and the iniquityH5771 of our fathersH1: for we have sinnedH2398 against theeH8804. |
| [21]Do not be angry, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory; remember, do not nullify thy covenant with us. |
[21]Do not abhorH5006[H8799] us, for thy name'sH8034 sake, do not disgraceH5034[H8762] the throneH3678 of thy gloryH3519: rememberH2142[H8798], breakH6565[H8686] not thy covenant with usH1285. |
| [22]For the gods of the Gentiles cannot bring rain nor cause the heavens to give showers, but thou art our God; therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things |
[22]Are thereH3426 any among the vanitiesH1892 of the GentilesH1471 that can cause rainH1652[H8688]? or can the heavensH8064 giveH5414[H8799] showersH7241? art not thou he, O LORDH3068 our GodH430? therefore we will waitH6960[H8762] upon thee: for thou hast madeH6213 all these thingsH8804. |