Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
This
is
the word of the
LORD
that
came
to
Jeremiah concerning the drought
:
That
which
hath
been
the word of Jehovah
unto
Jeremiah concerning the matters
of
the
dearths
:
“
Judah mourns
and her gates languish.
Her
people
wail
for
the land
, and a
cry goes
up
from
Jerusalem.
Mourned
hath
Judah ,
and her gates have
languished,
They
have
mourned
to
the earth
, And the
cry of
Jerusalem hath
gone
up
.
The
nobles
send
their servants
for
water;
they
go
to the cisterns
, but
find
no
water ;
their jars
return
empty .
They are
ashamed and humiliated;
they
cover
their heads
.
And
their honourable
ones
have
sent
their
little
ones
to the water
, They
have
come
unto
ditches,
They
have
not
found
water ,
They
have
turned
back
--
their vessels
empty !
They have
been
ashamed ,
And have
blushed
and
covered
their head
.
The ground is
cracked
because
no rain has
fallen
on
the land .
The
farmers
are
ashamed ;
they cover
their heads
.
Because
the ground hath
been
broken,
For
there
hath
been
no rain in
the land ,
Ashamed have
been
husbandmen,
They have
covered
their head
.
Even the doe
in the field deserts
her
newborn
fawn
because
there is
no grass.
For
even the hind
in the field hath
brought
forth
--
to
forsake
`it!'
For
there hath
been
no grass.
Wild donkeys
stand
on barren
heights;
they pant
for
air
like jackals;
their eyes fail
for lack
of
pasture
. ”
And
wild asses
have
stood
on high
places,
They have
swallowed
up
wind
like dragons,
Consumed
have
been
their eyes ,
for there
is
no
herb
.
Although
our iniquities testify
against us, O LORD
, act
for the
sake of
Your
name.
Indeed
, our
rebellions
are
many ;
we have sinned against
You
.
Surely
our iniquities have
testified
against us, O Jehovah
, work
for Thy
name's
sake, For
many have
been
our
backslidings,
Against
Thee
we have sinned.
O Hope of Israel ,
its Savior
in times
of distress
, why are
You
like
a stranger
in the land ,
like
a
traveler
who
stays
but
a night
?
O Hope of Israel --
its saviour
in time
of trouble
, Why art
Thou
as
a sojourner
in the land ?
And
as
a traveller
turned
aside
to
lodge
?
Why are
You
like
a
man
taken
by
surprise,
like
a warrior
powerless
to save? Yet
You
are
among
us
, O LORD
, and we
are
called
by
Your
name .
Do
not
forsake
us !
Why art
Thou
as
one
dumb?
As
a mighty
one
not
able
to save? And
Thou
`art'
in
our
midst
, O Jehovah
, And Thy
name over
us is
called,
leave
us
not.
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
about
this people: “Truly
they love
to wander ;
they have not restrained their
feet.
So
the
LORD
does
not accept
them ;
He
will
now remember their guilt
and call
their sins
to
account
. ”
Thus
said
Jehovah
concerning
this people: Well
they have
loved
to wander ,
Their
feet
they have not restrained ,
And
Jehovah
hath
not accepted
them ,
Now doth
He
remember their iniquity,
And inspect
their sin
.
Then
the
LORD
said
to
me ,
“Do
not pray for the
well-being
of
this people .
And
Jehovah
saith
unto
me :
Thou
dost
not pray for this people for
good,
Although
they may
fast, I will
not listen
to
their cry ;
although
they may
offer
burnt offerings
and grain
offerings
, I will
not
accept them .
Instead
, I
will
finish
them
off
by sword and famine and plague
. ”
When
they fast, I hearken
not unto
their cry ,
And
when
they cause
to
ascend
burnt -offering
and present
, I accept them not
, For
by sword ,
and by
famine ,
And by
pestilence,
I
am
consuming
them
.
“
Ah, Lord GOD!”
I
replied
, “Look
, the prophets are telling
them ,
‘You
will
not see the
sword or
suffer
famine, but
I will
give you lasting
peace
in this place. ’”
And
I
say,
`
Ah, Lord Jehovah
, Lo
, the prophets are saying
to
them :
Ye
do
not see a
sword ,
yea,
famine is
not
to
you
, For
true
peace
I give to
you in this place. '
“
The prophets are prophesying lies
in My name, ”
replied
the
LORD.
“
I did not send them or
appoint
them or
speak
to
them .
They
are
prophesying
to
you
a false vision, a
worthless
divination, the
futility
and delusion
of their own minds
.
And
Jehovah
saith
unto
me:
Falsehood
the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them ,
nor
command
them ,
Nor
have
I
spoken
unto
them :
A false vision, and
divination, and vanity,
And
the
deceit
of their own heart,
they
are
prophesying
to
you
.
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
says
about
the prophets who prophesy
in My name :
I did
not send
them, yet
they say
, ‘No
sword or
famine will
touch
this land .’
By sword and famine these very
prophets will
meet
their
end!
Therefore ,
thus
said
Jehovah
concerning
the prophets who are
prophesying
in My name ,
and
I have
not sent
them, and
they are
saying
, Sword and
famine is
not
in
this land :
By sword and by
famine are
these prophets consumed.
And the people to whom they prophesy
will
be
thrown
into the
streets
of Jerusalem because of famine and sword .
There
will
be
no
one
to
bury
them or
their wives, their sons or
their daughters .
I will
pour
out their
own
evil
upon them.
And the people to whom they are
prophesying,
Are
cast
into out-places
of Jerusalem ,
Because of the
famine ,
and of
the
sword ,
And
they
have
none
burying
them ,
Them,
their wives, and
their sons ,
and
their daughters ,
And
I have
poured
out upon them this
evil
.
You
are
to
speak
this word to
them
: ‘My
eyes
overflow
with
tears ;
day and night
they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has
been
shattered
by
a
crushing
blow
, a severely
grievous wound
.
And
thou
hast
said
unto
them
this word: Tears come
down
mine
eyes
night
and
day ,
And they do not cease, For ,
`with'
a
great
breach,
Broken
hath
been
the virgin daughter of my people, A very
grievous stroke
.
If I go
out
to the country
, I
see
those
slain
by
the sword ;
if I enter
the city, I
see
those
ravaged
by
famine! For both prophet and priest travel
to
a land they do
not know
. ’”
If I have
gone
forth
to the field
, Then,
lo,
the pierced
of
the
sword !
And
if I have
entered
the city, Then,
lo,
the
diseased
of
famine! For both prophet and priest have
gone
up
and
down
Unto
a land that
they knew
not.
Have
You
rejected Judah completely
? Do
You
despise
Zion? Why
have
You
stricken
us so
that
we
are
beyond
healing? We
hoped
for peace, but
no good has
come
, and for the
time of healing, but
there
was
only
terror.
Hast
Thou
utterly
rejected Judah? Zion hath
Thy
soul
loathed
? Wherefore
hast
Thou
smitten
us ,
And
there
is
no
healing to
us
? Looking
for peace, and
there
is
no good, And for a
time of healing, and
lo,
terror.
We acknowledge
our
wickedness
, O LORD
, the guilt
of our fathers ;
indeed
, we have sinned against You
.
We have
known
, O Jehovah
, our
wickedness,
The iniquity
of our fathers, For
we have sinned against Thee
.
For
the
sake
of
Your
name
do not despise us;
do
not disgrace
Your
glorious
throne .
Remember Your
covenant with us ;
do
not
break
it
.
Do not despise ,
for
Thy
name's
sake,
Dishonour
not the
throne of
Thine
honour,
Remember ,
break
not
Thy
covenant with us.
Can
the worthless
idols
of the nations bring
rain? Do the skies
alone
send
showers? Is
this
not by
You
, O LORD
our God? So
we put
our
hope
in
You
, for You
have
done all these things.
Are
there
among
the vanities
of the nations any
causing
rain? And
do the heavens
give
showers? Art
not Thou
He
, O Jehovah
our God? And
we wait
for
thee
, for Thou
--
Thou
hast
done all these !
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