Jeremiah 14
1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
אֲשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ עַל־דִּבְרֵי הַבַּצָּרֹות׃ (2074)
See also: Jeremiah 17:8, Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 11:17, Genesis 41:55, Leviticus 26:19, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 47:13, Joshua 15:57, Ruth 1:1, 2 Samuel 21:14, 1 Kings 8:35, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Chronicles 6:26, Isaiah 5:6, Haggai 1:10, 2 Samuel 21:1
2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
אָבְלָה יְהוּדָה וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ אֻמְלְלוּ קָדְרוּ לָאָרֶץ וְצִוְחַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם עָלָתָה׃ (2998)
See also: Isaiah 3:26, Jeremiah 8:21, Habakkuk 3:17, 1 Samuel 5:12, Lamentations 2:8, Lamentations 4:8-9, Zechariah 7:13, Deuteronomy 28:16, Jeremiah 11:11, Jeremiah 12:11, Jeremiah 46:12, Lamentations 1:4, Exodus 2:24, 1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Kings 18:2, Job 34:28, Psalms 144:14, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 24:4
3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
וְאַדִּרֵיהֶם שָׁלְחוּ [צְעֹורֵיהֶם כ] (צְעִירֵיהֶם ק) לַמָּיִם בָּאוּ עַל־גֵּבִים לֹא־מָצְאוּ מַיִם שָׁבוּ כְלֵיהֶם רֵיקָם בֹּשׁוּ וְהָכְלְמוּ וְחָפוּ רֹאשָׁם׃ (3937)
See also: Joel 1:11, 2 Samuel 15:30, 2 Kings 18:31, Esther 6:12, Psalms 40:14, Jeremiah 2:13, Isaiah 22:17, Jeremiah 15:18, Amos 4:8, 2 Peter 2:17, Genesis 21:15, Exodus 24:11, 2 Samuel 19:4, 1 Kings 17:7, 1 Kings 18:5-6, 1 Kings 18:6, Job 6:20, Psalms 107:33, Psalms 109:29, Isaiah 5:13
4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
בַּעֲבוּר הָאֲדָמָה חַתָּה כִּי לֹא־הָיָה גֶשֶׁם בָּאָרֶץ בֹּשׁוּ אִכָּרִים חָפוּ רֹאשָׁם׃ (2679)
See also: Jeremiah 3:3, Haggai 1:6, Zechariah 14:17, Joel 1:11, Joel 1:19-20, Leviticus 26:19-20, Deuteronomy 29:23, Joel 1:17, Job 9:24, Job 36:33, Isaiah 19:7, Jeremiah 14:3, Amos 4:7, Deuteronomy 28:23-24
5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
כִּי גַם־אַיֶּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה יָלְדָה וְעָזֹוב כִּי לֹא־הָיָה דֶּשֶׁא׃ (1351)
See also: Romans 8:20, Psalms 29:9, 1 Kings 18:5, Psalms 104:14, Joel 1:18, Job 39:1-4, Isaiah 15:6, Lamentations 1:6
6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
וּפְרָאִים עָמְדוּ עַל־שְׁפָיִם שָׁאֲפוּ רוּחַ כַּתַּנִּים כָּלוּ עֵינֵיהֶם כִּי־אֵין עֵשֶׂב׃ (2812)
See also: Jeremiah 2:24, Job 39:5-6, Joel 1:18, 1 Samuel 14:29, Job 6:5, Jeremiah 9:10, Lamentations 4:17, Lamentations 5:17
7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
אִם־עֲוֹנֵינוּ עָנוּ בָנוּ יְהוָה עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ כִּי־רַבּוּ מְשׁוּבֹתֵינוּ לְךָ חָטָאנוּ׃ (2544)
See also: Psalms 79:9, Isaiah 48:11, Psalms 25:11, Daniel 9:9, Jeremiah 14:20-21, Jeremiah 14:21, Hosea 5:5, Isaiah 59:12, Jeremiah 5:6, Jeremiah 2:19, Daniel 9:5-16, Nehemiah 9:33-34, Psalms 106:8, Psalms 115:1, Ezekiel 20:22, Daniel 9:18-19, Hosea 7:10, Luke 13:8, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:12
8O the 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?
מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל מֹושִׁיעֹו בְּעֵת צָרָה לָמָּה תִהְיֶה כְּגֵר בָּאָרֶץ וּכְאֹרֵחַ נָטָה לָלוּן׃ (3317)
See also: Romans 15:13, Jeremiah 17:13, Psalms 10:1, Song of Solomon 6:1, Isaiah 33:2, Jeremiah 50:7, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 71:5, Isaiah 43:3, Psalms 37:39-40, Isaiah 43:11, Isaiah 45:21, Joel 3:16, Psalms 9:9, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 91:15, Psalms 138:7, Isaiah 45:15, Jeremiah 16:13, Acts 28:20
9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
לָמָּה תִהְיֶה כְּאִישׁ נִדְהָם כְּגִבֹּור לֹא־יוּכַל לְהֹושִׁיעַ וְאַתָּה בְקִרְבֵּנוּ יְהוָה וְשִׁמְךָ עָלֵינוּ נִקְרָא אַל־תַּנִּחֵנוּ׃ (3900)
See also: Jeremiah 15:16, Numbers 6:27, Habakkuk 1:2, Isaiah 59:1, Isaiah 63:19, Numbers 11:23, Numbers 14:15-16, Psalms 46:5, Ezekiel 48:35, Daniel 9:19, Amos 9:12, Exodus 29:45-46, Isaiah 50:1-2, Daniel 9:18-19, Acts 15:17, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Hebrews 13:5, Leviticus 26:11-12, Deuteronomy 23:14, 1 Samuel 12:22
10Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה לָעָם הַזֶּה כֵּן אָהֲבוּ לָנוּעַ רַגְלֵיהֶם לֹא חָשָׂכוּ וַיהוָה לֹא רָצָם עַתָּה יִזְכֹּר עֲוֹנָם וְיִפְקֹד חַטֹּאתָם׃ (3271)
See also: Hosea 9:9, Amos 3:2, Malachi 1:8, Psalms 119:101, Hosea 8:13, Jeremiah 6:20, Jeremiah 44:21, Hosea 7:2, Amos 5:22, Leviticus 18:25, Jeremiah 2:25, Jeremiah 31:34, Ezekiel 29:16, Hebrews 8:12, Genesis 19:21, Leviticus 7:18, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Kings 17:18, Psalms 109:14-15, Jeremiah 2:23-25
11Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָי אַל־תִּתְפַּלֵּל בְּעַד־הָעָם הַזֶּה לְטֹובָה׃ (1555)
See also: Jeremiah 15:1, 1 John 5:16, Jeremiah 7:16, Jeremiah 11:14, Ezekiel 14:14, Exodus 32:10, 1 Samuel 16:1, Job 42:8, Genesis 20:7, Exodus 32:32-34, Deuteronomy 9:14, Jeremiah 4:28, Lamentations 3:44, Ezekiel 20:4, Ezekiel 23:36
12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
כִּי יָצֻמוּ אֵינֶנִּי שֹׁמֵעַ אֶל־רִנָּתָם וְכִי יַעֲלוּ עֹלָה וּמִנְחָה אֵינֶנִּי רֹצָם כִּי בַּחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב וּבַדֶּבֶר אָנֹכִי מְכַלֶּה אֹותָם׃ (3604)
See also: John 9:31, Zechariah 7:13, Job 27:9, Jeremiah 11:11, Proverbs 1:28, Isaiah 1:15, Ezekiel 8:18, Jeremiah 6:20, Jeremiah 15:2, Ezekiel 14:21, Micah 3:4, Jeremiah 16:4, Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 24:10, Leviticus 10:19, Deuteronomy 28:22, Ezekiel 14:19, Malachi 1:10, Malachi 2:13, Leviticus 7:18
13Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! 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.
וָאֹמַר אֲהָהּ ׀ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנֵּה הַנְּבִאִים אֹמְרִים לָהֶם לֹא־תִרְאוּ חֶרֶב וְרָעָב לֹא־יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כִּי־שְׁלֹום אֱמֶת אֶתֵּן לָכֶם בַּמָּקֹום הַזֶּה׃ (3753)
See also: Jeremiah 32:17, Isaiah 56:10, Jeremiah 6:14, 2 Peter 2:1, Jeremiah 1:6, 2 Kings 6:25, Jeremiah 4:10, Jeremiah 5:13, Jeremiah 23:17, Ezekiel 12:24, Ezekiel 13:22, Micah 3:11, Genesis 3:5, Isaiah 28:15, Jeremiah 5:12, Jeremiah 8:11, Jeremiah 28:9, Jeremiah 37:19, Ezekiel 13:10, Luke 13:8
14Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי קֶר הַנְּבִאִים נִבְּאִים בִּשְׁמִי לֹא שְׁלַחְתִּים וְלֹא צִוִּיתִים וְלֹא דִבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶם חֲזֹון שֶׁקֶר וְקֶסֶם [וֶאֱלוּל כ] (וֶאֱלִיל ק) [וְתַרְמוּת כ] (וְתַרְמִית ק) לִבָּם הֵמָּה מִתְנַבְּאִים לָכֶם׃ (7468)
See also: Jeremiah 28:15, Matthew 24:5, Ezekiel 13:6-7, Jeremiah 23:16, Jeremiah 29:8-9, Ezekiel 12:24, Isaiah 30:10-11, Jeremiah 29:31, Lamentations 2:14, Matthew 7:15, Deuteronomy 18:20, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 23:21, Jeremiah 23:30, Jeremiah 27:9-10, Micah 3:5, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, Micah 3:11, Jeremiah 20:6, Jeremiah 27:14-15
15Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning 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.
לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־הַנְּבִאִים הַנִּבְּאִים בִּשְׁמִי וַאֲנִי לֹא־שְׁלַחְתִּים וְהֵמָּה אֹמְרִים חֶרֶב וְרָעָב לֹא יִהְיֶה בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת בַּחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב יִתַּמּוּ הַנְּבִאִים הָהֵמָּה׃ (4659)
See also: Jeremiah 5:13, Luke 6:39, Jeremiah 5:12-13, Ezekiel 13:14, Deuteronomy 13:5, Jeremiah 27:15, Ezekiel 14:9, Ezekiel 14:10, Deuteronomy 19:19, 1 Kings 22:25, Nehemiah 6:14, Jeremiah 6:15, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 16:4, Jeremiah 20:6, Jeremiah 23:14-15, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 28:15-17, Jeremiah 29:20-21, Jeremiah 29:31-32
16And 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 wickedness upon them.
וְהָעָם אֲשֶׁר־הֵמָּה נִבְּאִים לָהֶם יִהְיוּ מֻשְׁלָכִים בְּחֻצֹות יְרוּשָׁלִַם מִפְּנֵי ׀ הָרָעָב וְהַחֶרֶב וְאֵין מְקַבֵּר לָהֵמָּה הֵמָּה נְשֵׁיהֶם וּבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֹתֵיהֶם וְשָׁפַכְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־רָעָתָם׃ (6743)
See also: Psalms 79:2-3, Psalms 79:3, Proverbs 1:31, Jeremiah 7:33, Jeremiah 15:2-3, Isaiah 51:20, Jeremiah 13:22-25, Jeremiah 16:4, Jeremiah 18:21, Isaiah 9:16, Jeremiah 2:17-19, Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 9:22, Jeremiah 19:6-7, Lamentations 3:51, Matthew 15:14, Revelation 16:1
17Therefore 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.
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה תֵּרַדְנָה עֵינַי דִּמְעָה לַיְלָה וְיֹומָם וְאַל־תִּדְמֶינָה כִּי שֶׁבֶר גָּדֹול נִשְׁבְּרָה בְּתוּלַת בַּת־עַמִּי מַכָּה נַחְלָה מְאֹד׃ (5698)
See also: Psalms 119:136, Jeremiah 8:21, Jeremiah 13:17, John 11:35, Jeremiah 9:1, Lamentations 1:15-16, Lamentations 2:13, Amos 5:2, 2 Kings 19:21, Jeremiah 9:18, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 3:49, Micah 6:13, Mark 9:24, Psalms 39:10, Psalms 44:19, Psalms 60:2, Isaiah 37:22, Jeremiah 10:19, Jeremiah 18:13
18If 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! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
אִם־יָצָאתִי הַשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה חַלְלֵי־חֶרֶב וְאִם בָּאתִי הָעִיר וְהִנֵּה תַּחֲלוּאֵי רָעָב כִּי־גַם־נָבִיא גַם־כֹּהֵן סָחֲרוּ אֶל־אֶרֶץ וְלֹא יָדָעוּ׃ (3735)
See also: Ezekiel 7:15, 2 Kings 7:4, Lamentations 1:20, 2 Kings 6:25, Jeremiah 8:10, Deuteronomy 28:16, Deuteronomy 28:36, Isaiah 22:2, Isaiah 51:20, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 6:25, Jeremiah 52:6-7, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 32:24, 1 Kings 17:12, 1 Kings 18:2, 2 Kings 7:13, Nehemiah 6:14, Psalms 107:5
19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed 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 trouble!
הֲמָאֹס מָאַסְתָּ אֶת־יְהוּדָה אִם־בְּצִיֹּון גָּעֲלָה נַפְשֶׁךָ מַדּוּעַ הִכִּיתָנוּ וְאֵין לָנוּ מַרְפֵּא קַוֵּה לְשָׁלֹום וְאֵין טֹוב וּלְעֵת מַרְפֵּא וְהִנֵּה בְעָתָה׃ (4851)
See also: Revelation 3:16, Jeremiah 8:15, Job 30:26, Lamentations 5:22, Micah 1:12, Jeremiah 6:30, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 2 Kings 17:19-20, Psalms 78:59, Jeremiah 12:8, Jeremiah 13:16, Jeremiah 15:18, Jeremiah 30:13, Lamentations 3:17, Lamentations 5:20, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 80:12-13, Psalms 89:38, Isaiah 3:7, Isaiah 59:9
20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
יָדַעְנוּ יְהוָה רִשְׁעֵנוּ עֲוֹן אֲבֹותֵינוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ לָךְ׃ (1547)
See also: Lamentations 5:7, Jeremiah 14:7, Psalms 32:5, Jeremiah 3:25, Luke 15:18-21, 1 John 1:7-9, Leviticus 26:40-42, Psalms 51:3-4, Psalms 106:6-48, Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 18:20, Daniel 9:5-8, Daniel 9:8, Amos 7:2, 2 Samuel 12:13, 2 Samuel 24:10, Ezra 9:6-7, Nehemiah 9:2, Job 33:27, Jeremiah 8:14
21Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
אַל־תִּנְאַץ לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ אַל־תְּנַבֵּל כִּסֵּא כְבֹודֶךָ זְכֹר אַל־תָּפֵר בְּרִיתְךָ אִתָּנוּ׃ (3795)
See also: Psalms 89:34, Psalms 79:9, Jeremiah 14:7, 1 Samuel 12:22, Psalms 106:8, Jeremiah 17:12, Deuteronomy 4:31, Psalms 106:45, Zechariah 11:10, Genesis 9:15, Deuteronomy 9:27, Jeremiah 3:17, Ezekiel 20:22, Deuteronomy 9:26, Psalms 89:39-40, Ezekiel 36:22-23, Daniel 9:15-19, Exodus 32:13, Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:42-45
22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
הֲיֵשׁ בְּהַבְלֵי הַגֹּויִם מַגְשִׁמִים וְאִם־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִתְּנוּ רְבִבִים הֲלֹא אַתָּה־הוּא יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וּנְקַוֶּה־לָּךְ כִּי־אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־כָּל־אֵלֶּה׃ (4525)
See also: Joel 2:23, Jeremiah 5:24, Psalms 135:7, Deuteronomy 32:21, Job 38:28, Isaiah 30:23, Jeremiah 3:3, Deuteronomy 11:14, Psalms 104:13, Genesis 2:5, Deuteronomy 28:12, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 17:14, Job 38:26-28, Psalms 25:21, Psalms 130:5, Isaiah 41:29, Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 16:19, Jeremiah 51:16