The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} that came to Jeremiah{H3414} concerning{H1697} the drought.{H1226}

Judah{H3063} mourneth,{H56} and the gates{H8179} thereof languish,{H535} they sit in black{H6937} upon the ground;{H776} and the cry{H6682} of Jerusalem{H3389} is gone up.{H5927}

And their nobles{H117} send{H7971} their little ones{H6810} to the waters:{H4325} they come{H935} to the cisterns,{H1356} and find{H4672} no water;{H4325} they return{H7725} with their vessels{H3627} empty;{H7387} they are put to shame{H3637} and confounded,{H954} and cover{H2645} their heads.{H7218}

Because of the ground{H127} which is cracked,{H2865} for that no rain{H1653} hath been in the land,{H776} the plowmen{H406} are put to shame,{H954} they cover{H2645} their heads.{H7218}

Yea, the hind{H365} also in the field{H7704} calveth,{H3205} and forsaketh{H5800} [her young], because there is no grass.{H1877}

And the wild asses{H6501} stand{H5975} on the bare heights,{H8205} they pant{H7602} for air{H7307} like jackals;{H8577} their eyes{H5869} fail,{H3615} because there is no herbage.{H6212}

Though our iniquities{H5771} testify{H6030} against us, work{H6213} thou for thy name's{H8034} sake, O Jehovah;{H3068} for our backslidings{H4878} are many;{H7231} we have sinned{H2398} against thee.

O thou hope{H4723} of Israel,{H3478} the Saviour{H3467} thereof in the time{H6256} of trouble,{H6869} why shouldest thou be as a sojourner{H1616} in the land,{H776} and as a wayfaring man{H732} that turneth aside{H5186} to tarry for a night?{H3885}

Why shouldest thou be as a man{H376} affrighted,{H1724} as a mighty man{H1368} that cannot{H3201} save?{H3467} yet thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} art in the midst{H7130} of us, and we are called{H7121} by thy name;{H8034} leave{H3240} us not.

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} unto this people,{H5971} Even so have they loved{H157} to wander;{H5128} they have not refrained{H2820} their feet:{H7272} therefore Jehovah{H3068} doth not accept{H7521} them; now will he remember{H2142} their iniquity,{H5771} and visit{H6485} their sins.{H2403}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Pray{H6419} not for this people{H5971} for [their] good.{H2896}

When they fast,{H6684} I will not hear{H8085} their cry;{H7440} and when they offer{H5927} burnt-offering{H5930} and meal-offering,{H5930} I will not accept{H7521} them; but I will consume{H3615} them by the sword,{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence.{H1698}

Then said{H559} I, Ah,{H162} Lord{H136} Jehovah!{H3069} behold, the prophets{H5030} say{H559} unto them, Ye shall not see{H7200} the sword,{H2719} neither shall ye have famine;{H7458} but I will give{H5414} you assured{H571} peace{H7965} in this place.{H4725}

Then Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, The prophets{H5030} prophesy{H5012} lies{H8267} in my name;{H8034} I sent{H7971} them not, neither have I commanded{H6680} them, neither spake{H1696} I unto them: they prophesy{H5012} unto you a lying{H8267} vision,{H2377} and divination,{H7081} and a thing of nought,{H457} and the deceit{H8649} of their own heart.{H3820}

Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} in my name,{H8034} and I sent{H7971} them not, yet they say,{H559} Sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall not be in this land:{H776} By sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall those prophets{H5030} be consumed.{H8552}

And the people{H5971} to whom they prophesy{H5012} shall be cast out{H7993} in the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389} because{H6440} of the famine{H7458} and the sword;{H2719} and they shall have none to bury{H6912} them—them,{H1992} their wives,{H802} nor their sons,{H1121} nor their daughters:{H1323} for I will pour{H8210} their wickedness{H7451} upon them.

And thou shalt say{H559} this word{H1697} unto them, Let mine eyes{H5869} run down{H3381} with tears{H1832} night{H3915} and day,{H3119} and let them not cease;{H1820} for the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is broken{H7665} with a great{H1419} breach,{H7667} with a very{H3966} grievous{H2470} wound.{H4347}

If I go forth{H3318} into the field,{H7704} then, behold, the slain{H2491} with the sword!{H2719} and if I enter{H935} into the city,{H5892} then, behold, they that are sick{H8463} with famine!{H7458} for both the prophet{H5030} and the priest{H3548} go about{H5503} in the land,{H776} and have no knowledge.{H3045}

Hast thou utterly{H3988} rejected{H3988} Judah?{H3063} hath thy soul{H5315} loathed{H1602} Zion?{H6726} why hast thou smitten{H5221} us, and there is no healing{H4832} for us? We looked{H6960} for peace,{H7965} but no good{H2896} came; and for a time{H6256} of healing,{H4832} and, behold, dismay!{H1205}

We acknowledge,{H3045} O Jehovah,{H3068} our wickedness,{H7562} and the iniquity{H5771} of our fathers;{H1} for we have sinned{H2398} against thee.

Do not abhor{H5006} [us], for thy name's{H8034} sake; do not disgrace{H5034} the throne{H3678} of thy glory:{H3519} remember,{H2142} break{H6565} not thy covenant{H1285} with us.

Are there{H3426} any among the vanities{H1892} of the nations{H1471} that can cause rain?{H1652} or can the heavens{H8064} give{H5414} showers?{H7241} art not thou he, O Jehovah{H3068} our God?{H430} therefore we will wait{H6960} for thee; for thou hast made{H6213} all these things.