Jeremiah 14:1-22 What the Lord God Says to Jeremiah About the Droughts

What the Lord God Says to Jeremiah About the Droughts

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The Word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah [about] the [drought.] Judah [mourns,] & [its] gates [grow weak.] [Those] [who wear] black, [fall] to the ground. & the [out] cry of Jerusalem [has] gone up.

[Jeremiah 8:21-22 I Am hurt, [because of] the [harm] of the daughter of My people, & I Am [wearing] black, & astonishment [has] taken hold [of] Me. Is there no balm in Gilead? [Isn't] there [any] physician there? Why then, [hasn't] the health of the daughter of My people recovered?]

And their nobles have sent their [young] ones to [get] the [water.] They came to the [water] pits, & found no water, & they returned with their [pails] empty. They were ashamed, & [confused,] & covered their heads. Because the ground is chapt, [a.k.a. dry, & cracked, since] there was no rain [on] the earth, the [plowers] were ashamed, & covered their heads.

[Yes,] the [does] also calved in the field, & [abandoned] it, because there was no grass. And the wild [donkeys stood] in the high places, & they [sniffed] up the wind like [jackals.] Their eyes [failed,] because there was no grass.

O Lord, [although] our [sins] testify against us, You, do it for Your Name's sake. For we have sinned against You, & many are our backslidings. [1 Kings 9:8-9 And at this house, [that] is very [elevated,] & everyone, [who] passes by it shall be astonished, & shall hiss.

And they shall say, Why [has] the Lord done [this] to this land, & to this house? And they shall answer, Because they [abandoned] the Lord their God, Who brought their [forefathers] out of the land of Egypt, & have taken hold [of] other gods, & have [worshiped,] & served them. Therefore, the Lord [has] brought all this [calamity] upon them.]

O the Hope of Israel, the Savior [of Israel] in [times] of trouble, Why [should] You be [like] a stranger in the land, & [like] a [wandering] man, [who turns] aside to [stay] for a night? Why [should] You be [like an astonished, a.k.a. amazed,] man, & [like] a mighty man, [who] can't save? [Isaiah 59:1-4 [Look,] the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it can't save; & neither [is] His ear heavy, that it can't hear. But your [sins] have [come] between you, & your God. And your sins have [hidden] His face from you, [so] that He won't hear. For your hands are defiled with [bloodshed,] & your fingers with [sinfulness,] your lips have spoken lies, & your tongue [has] muttered [what is:] [wicked.] None [calls] for justice, nor [do] any [plead] for Truth. They trust in vanity, & speak lies. They conceive [plots,] & [deliver] [what is:] iniquity, [a.k.a. sinful.]

[Still,] You, O Lord, [are] in the midst of us, & we are called by Your Name. [Don't] leave us. The Lord [says [this] to this people, [Like this,] they have loved to wander, [a.k.a. stray,] & they haven't [withdrawn] their feet. Therefore, the Lord [doesn't] accept them.

[Jeremiah 44:7-8 Therefore, the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, [says this] now, [For what reason,] [did] you commit this [large] evil against your souls, to cut [yourselves] of Judah, off from: man, woman, child, & to leave you none to remain?

In that you provoke Me to [anger] with the works [made by] your hands, & [by] burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, [where] you [have] gone to dwell, [so] that you might cut yourselves off, & be a curse, & a [disgrace] among all the nations of the earth?]

He will now remember their iniquity, & visit, [a.k.a. punish,] their sins. Then, the Lord said to me, [Don't] pray for [the] good [of] this people. When they fast, I won't hear their [out] cry. And when they offer burnt [offerings,] & a [sacrifice,] I won't accept them. But I will consume them by the: sword, famine, & pestilence. [Judges 10:10-14 And the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel cried [out] to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against You, both: because we have [abandoned] our God, & also served Baalim. And the Lord said to the [people,] of Israel, [Didn't] I deliver you from the: Egyptians, Amorites, the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon, & from the Philistines? Also: the Zidonians, [a.k.a. Sidonians,] Amalekites, & the Maonites, [who] [oppressed] you. And you cried [out] to Me, & I delivered you out of their hand. [Still,] you have [abandoned] Me, & served other gods. [For this reason,] I will no [longer] deliver you. Go, & cry [out] to the gods, [that] you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.]

Then, I said, Ah, Lord God! [Look,] the prophets say to them, You shall not see the sword, & neither shall you have famine, but I will give you [certain] peace in this place. [Jeremiah 23:17 They [still] say to [those who] despise Me, The Lord [has] said, You shall have peace; & they say to everyone, [who follows] after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.]

Then, the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My Name. I [didn't send] them, & neither have I commanded them, [nor] [did I] [speak] to them. They prophesy a false vision, divination, & a thing of [no benefit,] to you, & the deceit of their heart.

[Jeremiah 27:9-10 Therefore, [don't pay attention] to your: prophets, diviners, dreamers, enchanters, & sorcerers, [who] speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon. For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, [so] that I [would] drive you out, & you should perish.]

Therefore the Lord [says this about] the prophets, [who] prophesy in My Name, & I [didn't send] them. [Still,] they say, [The]: sword, & famine shall not be in this land.

Those prophets shall be consumed by: sword, & famine. [Jeremiah 5:10-13 You go up upon her walls, & destroy. Take away her battlements, [a.k.a. fortifications,] for they aren't the Lord's; but [don't] make a [total] end [of it.] For the house of Israel, & the house of Judah have [behaved] very treacherously against Me, [says] the Lord. They have [given a false impression,] [against] the Lord, & said, Isn't it He, [but the Lord God did not say:] neither shall [disaster] come upon us. Neither shall we see [swords,] nor famine. And the [Lord's] Word isn't in them, & [this] shall be done to them, & the [false] prophets shall become [like:] wind [that disappears.]

And the people to whom they prophesy, shall be cast out [into] the streets of Jerusalem, because of: the famine, & the sword. And they shall have [no one] to bury them, [not] their wives, sons, nor their daughters, for I will pour [out] their wickedness upon them.

[Jeremiah 7:30-31 For the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Judah have done [what is:] evil in My sight, [says] the Lord. They have [put] their abominations in the house, [that] is called by My Name, to [defile] it. And they have built the high places of Tophet, [that] is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their: sons & daughters in the fire, [that] I [didn't command] them, & neither [did] it [come] into My heart.]

Therefore, you [shall] say this Word to them, Let [My] eyes run down with tears night, & day, & [don't] let them cease: for the virgin daughter of My people [are] broken with a [large fracture,] & a very grievous blow. If I go [out] into the field, & then [I] [see] the slain [by] the sword!

And if I enter into the city, then [I] [see those who] are sick, [because of] the famine! [Yes,] both the prophet, & the priest go [around] into a land that they [didn't] know.

[Jeremiah 23:11-14 For both the [prophets & priests] are profane. [Yes,] I have found their wickedness in My house, [says] the Lord. [For this reason,] their [road] shall be to them [like] slippery [roads] in the darkness. They shall be driven on, & fall [on them.] For I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, [a.k.a. punishment, says] the Lord. And I have seen [foolishness] in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied [about] Baal, & caused My people, Israel, to [go astray.] I have also seen [a] horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem. They commit adultery, & walk, [a.k.a. follow,] [what are:] lies. They also strengthen the hands of [those who] [do evil, so] that none [returns] from his wickedness. They are, all of them to Me [like] Sodom, & the [residents of it like] Gomorrah.]

[Have] You [totally] rejected Judah? [Has] Your soul [loathed] Zion? Why [have] You [struck] us, & there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, & there is no good, & [looked] for the time of healing, & [saw] [only] trouble!

[1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace & safety; then sudden destruction [comes] upon them, [like labor pains come] upon a woman [delivering a] child, & they shall not escape.]

O Lord, we acknowledge our wickedness, & the [sinfulness] of our [forefathers:] for we have sinned against You. [2 Kings 17:16-18 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, & made [themselves molded] images, even 2 calves, & made a grove, & worshiped all the host, [a.k.a. stars, & constellations,] of heaven, & served Baal. And they caused their: sons & daughters to pass through the fire, & [they] used divination, & enchantments, & sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. Therefore, the Lord was very angry with Israel, & removed them out of His sight. There [were] none left, [except] only the tribe of Judah.]

[Don't loathe] us, for Your Name's sake, & [don't] disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, & [don't] break Your covenant, [a.k.a. contract,] with us. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can [make] rain? Or can the heavens give showers?  [Isaiah 41:28-29 For I [saw,] & there was no man; & no [counselor,] even among them, that, when I asked them, could answer a word. [Look,] they are all vanity; their works are nothing; & their [molded] images, [a.k.a. idols,] are wind & confusion.]

Aren't You, He, O Lord our God? Therefore, we will wait [for] You: for You [have] made all these things. [Deuteronomy 11:13-14 And it shall [happen,] if you shall diligently [obey] My commandments, [that] I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, & to serve Him with all your heart, & with all your soul, that I will give you the rain [in] your land, in [its] due season, the 1st rain, & the latter rain, [so] that you [may] gather in your: corn, [a.k.a. grain,] wine, & your oil.]