Jeremia 14

1This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought, 2“Let Judah mourn; let her gates fall apart. They are wailing for the land; 3Their mighty ones send out their servants for water. 4Because of this the ground is cracked, for there is no rain in the land. 5For even the doe leaves her young in the fields and abandons them, for there is no grass. 6The wild donkeys stand on the bare plains and they pant in the wind like jackals. 7Even though our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. 8You are the Hope of Israel, the one who saves him in the time of distress, 9Why are you like someone who is astounded, or like a warrior who has no power to rescue? 10Yahweh says this to this people: “Since they love to wander, they have not held back their feet from doing so.” 11Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for good on behalf of this people. 12For if they fast, I will not listen to their wailing, and if they offer up burnt offerings and food offerings, I will not take pleasure in them. For I will put an end to them by sword, famine, and plague.” 13Then I said, “Oh, Lord Yahweh! Behold! The prophets are saying to the people, 'You will not see the sword; there will be no famine for you, for I will give you true security in this place.'” 14Yahweh said to me, “The prophets prophesy deceit in my name. I did not send them out, nor did I give them any command or speak to them. But deceitful visions and useless, deceitful divination coming from their own minds are what they are prophesying to you.” 15Therefore Yahweh says this, “About the prophets prophesying in my name but whom I did not send out—those who say there will be no sword or famine in this land: These prophets will perish by sword and famine. 16Then the people to whom they prophesied will be thrown out in the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword, for there will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters—for I will pour out their wickedness on them. 17Say this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears, night and day. 18If I go out to the field, there are the ones who were killed by the sword! 19Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you hate Zion? 20We admit, Yahweh, our offenses, the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you. 21Do not reject us! For the sake of your name, do not make your glorious throne a disgrace.