<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="5921 1697">concerning</s> the <sn="1226">dearth</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="56">mourneth</s>, and the <sn="8179">gates</s> thereof <sn="535">languish</s>; they are <sn="6937">black</s> unto the <sn="776">ground</s>; and the <sn="6682">cry</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> is gone <sn="5927">up</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And their <sn="117">nobles</s> have <sn="7971">sent</s> their little <sn="6810">ones</s> to the <sn="4325">waters</s>: they <sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="1356">pits</s>, and <sn="4672">found</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="4325">water</s>; they <sn="7725">returned</s> with their <sn="3627">vessels</s><sn="7387">empty</s>; they were <sn="954">ashamed</s> and <sn="3637">confounded</s>, and <sn="2645">covered</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="5668">Because</s> the <sn="127">ground</s> is <sn="2865">chapped</s>, <sn="3588">for</s> there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="1653">rain</s> in the <sn="776">earth</s>, the <sn="406">plowmen</s> were <sn="954">ashamed</s>, they <sn="2645">covered</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1571">Yea</s>, the <sn="365">hind</s> also <sn="3205">calved</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>, and <sn="5800">forsook</s> it, <sn="3588">because</s> there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="1877">grass</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the wild <sn="6501">asses</s> did <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="5921">in</s> the high <sn="8205">places</s>, they snuffed <sn="7602">up</s> the <sn="7307">wind</s> like <sn="8577">dragons</s>; their <sn="5869">eyes</s> did <sn="3615">fail</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="6212">grass</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="518">though</s> our <sn="5771">iniquities</s><sn="6030">testify</s> against us, <sn="6213">do</s> thou it for thy name's <sn="4616 8034">sake</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> our <sn="4878">backslidings</s> are <sn="7231">many</s>; we have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee. </v>
<vn='8'>O the <sn="4723">hope</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, the <sn="3467">savior</s> thereof in <sn="6256">time</s> of <sn="6869">trouble</s>, <sn="4100">why</s> shouldest thou <sn="1961">be</s> as a <sn="1616">stranger</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, and as a wayfaring <sn="732">man</s> that turneth <sn="5186">aside</s> to <sn="3885">tarry</s> for a night? </v>
<vn='9'><sn="4100">Why</s> shouldest thou <sn="1961">be</s> as a <sn="376">man</s><sn="1724">astonished</s>, as a mighty <sn="1368">man</s> that <sn="3201 3808">cannot</s><sn="3467">save</s>? yet <sn="859">thou</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, art in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of us, and we are <sn="7121">called</s> by thy <sn="8034">name</s>; <sn="5117">leave</s> us <sn="408">not</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> unto <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3651">Thus</s> have they <sn="157">loved</s> to <sn="5128">wander</s>, they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2820">refrained</s> their <sn="7272">feet</s>, therefore the <sn="3068">LORD</s> doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7521">accept</s> them; he will <sn="6258">now</s><sn="2142">remember</s> their <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, and <sn="6485">visit</s> their <sn="2403">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="6419">Pray</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="1157">for</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> for their <sn="2896">good</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">When</s> they <sn="6684">fast</s>, I will <sn="369">not</s><sn="8085 413">hear</s> their <sn="7440">cry</s>; and <sn="3588">when</s> they <sn="5927">offer</s> burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> and an <sn="4503">oblation</s>, I will <sn="369">not</s><sn="7521">accept</s> them: <sn="3588">but</s><sn="595">I</s> will <sn="3615">consume</s> them by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and by the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and by the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Then <sn="559">said</s> I, <sn="162">Ah</s>, <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>! <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="559">say</s> unto them, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall ye <sn="1961">have</s><sn="7458">famine</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> I will <sn="5414">give</s> you <sn="571">assured</s><sn="7965">peace</s> in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, The <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="8267">lies</s> in my <sn="8034">name</s>: I <sn="7971">sent</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> have I <sn="6680">commanded</s> them, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> them: <sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s> unto you a <sn="8267">false</s><sn="2377">vision</s> and <sn="7081">divination</s>, and a thing of <sn="434">naught</s>, and the <sn="8649">deceit</s> of their <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> that <sn="5012">prophesy</s> in my <sn="8034">name</s>, and <sn="589">I</s><sn="7971">sent</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>, yet <sn="1992">they</s><sn="559">say</s>, <sn="2719">Sword</s> and <sn="7458">famine</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> in <sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s>; By <sn="2719">sword</s> and <sn="7458">famine</s> shall <sn="1992">those</s><sn="5030">prophets</s> be <sn="8552">consumed</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="834">whom</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> cast <sn="7993">out</s> in the <sn="2351">streets</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="7458">famine</s> and the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and they shall have <sn="369">none</s> to <sn="6912">bury</s><sn="1992">them</s>, <sn="1992">them</s>, their <sn="802">wives</s>, nor their <sn="1121">sons</s>, nor their <sn="1323">daughters</s>: for I will <sn="8210">pour</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="7451">wickedness</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='17'>Therefore thou shalt <sn="559">say</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s><sn="413">unto</s> them; Let mine <sn="5869">eyes</s> run <sn="3381">down</s> with <sn="1832">tears</s><sn="3915">night</s> and <sn="3119">day</s>, and let them <sn="408">not</s><sn="1820">cease</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1330">virgin</s><sn="1323">daughter</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s> is <sn="7665">broken</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7667">breach</s>, with a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2470">grievous</s><sn="4347">blow</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="518">If</s> I go <sn="3318">forth</s> into the <sn="7704">field</s>, then <sn="2009">behold</s> the <sn="2491">slain</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>! and <sn="518">if</s> I <sn="935">enter</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>, then <sn="2009">behold</s> them that are <sn="8463">sick</s> with <sn="7458">famine</s>! <sn="3588">yea</s>, <sn="1571">both</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="1571">and</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> go <sn="5503">about</s><sn="413">into</s> a <sn="776">land</s> that they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Hast thou utterly <sn="3988 3988">rejected</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s>? hath thy <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="1602">loathed</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>? <sn="4069">why</s> hast thou <sn="5221">smitten</s> us, and there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="4832">healing</s> for us? we <sn="6960">looked</s> for <sn="7965">peace</s>, and there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="2896">good</s>; and for the <sn="6256">time</s> of <sn="4832">healing</s>, and <sn="2009">behold</s><sn="1205">trouble</s>! </v>
<vn='20'>We <sn="3045">acknowledge</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, our <sn="7562">wickedness</s>, and the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of our <sn="1">fathers</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> we have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee. </v>
<vn='21'>Do <sn="408">not</s><sn="5006">abhor</s> us, for thy name's <sn="4616 8034">sake</s>, do <sn="408">not</s><sn="5034">disgrace</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of thy <sn="3519">glory</s>: <sn="2142">remember</s>, <sn="6565">break</s><sn="408">not</s> thy <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="854">with</s> us. </v>
<vn='22'>Are <sn="3426">there</s> any among the <sn="1892">vanities</s> of the <sn="1471">Gentiles</s> that can cause <sn="1652">rain</s>? <sn="518">or</s> can the <sn="8064">heavens</s><sn="5414">give</s><sn="7241">showers</s>? art <sn="3808">not</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="1931">he</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>? therefore we will <sn="6960">wait</s> upon thee: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> things. </v>