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they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, <i>and</i> found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook <i>it</i>, because there was no grass.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because <i>there was</i> no grass.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou <i>it</i> for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>O 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 <i>that</i> turneth aside to tarry for a night?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man <i>that</i> cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, <i>art</i> in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Thus 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for <i>their</i> good. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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 wickedness upon them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.</p> <p class="hdg">A Prayer for Mercy</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and <i>there is</i> no healing for us? we looked for peace, and <i>there is</i> no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, <i>and</i> the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do not abhor <i>us</i>, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Are there <i>any</i> among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? <i>art</i> not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these <i>things</i>.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/jeremiah/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>