Jeremiah 14

This is Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

The cry of Jerusalem goes up.

and cover their heads.

They cover their heads.

because there is no grass.

because there is no vegetation.

We have sinned against you.

and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

Don’t leave us.

and punish them for their sins.”

Yahweh said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither will you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.’ ”

Then Yahweh said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t command them. I didn’t speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.

Therefore Yahweh says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, but I didn’t send them, yet they say, ‘Sword and famine will not be in this land.’ Those prophets will be consumed by sword and famine.

The people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. They will have no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters, for I will pour their wickedness on them.

with a very grievous wound.

and have no knowledge.’ ”

and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

for we have sinned against you.

Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.

for you have made all these things.