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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] that came to Jeremiah[H3414]concerning[H1697] the dearth[H1226].
2Judah[H3063]mourneth[H56], and the gates[H8179] thereof languish[H535]; they are black[H6937] unto the ground[H776]; and the cry[H6682] of Jerusalem[H3389] is gone up[H5927].
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And their nobles[H117] have sent[H7971] their little ones[H6810] to the waters[H4325]: they came[H935] to the pits[H1356], and found[H4672] no water[H4325]; they returned[H7725] with their vessels[H3627]empty[H7387]; they were ashamed[H954] and confounded[H3637], and covered[H2645] their heads[H7218].
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Because the ground[H127] is chapt[H2865], for there was no rain[H1653] in the earth[H776], the plowmen[H406] were ashamed[H954], they covered[H2645] their heads[H7218].
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Yea, the hind[H365] also calved[H3205] in the field[H7704], and forsook[H5800] it, because there was no grass[H1877].
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And the wild asses[H6501] did stand[H5975] in the high places[H8205], they snuffed up[H7602] the wind[H7307] like dragons[H8577]; their eyes[H5869] did fail[H3615], because there was no grass[H6212].
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O LORD[H3068], though our iniquities[H5771]testify[H6030] against us, do[H6213] thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings[H4878] are many[H7231]; we have sinned[H2398] against thee.
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O the hope[H4723] of Israel[H3478], the saviour[H3467] thereof in time[H6256] of trouble[H6869], why shouldest thou be as a stranger[H1616] in the land[H776], and as a wayfaring man[H732] that turneth aside[H5186] to tarry for a night?[H3885]
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Why shouldest thou be as a man[H376]astonied[H1724], as a mighty man[H1368] that cannot[H3201]save?[H3467] yet thou, O LORD[H3068], art in the midst[H7130] of us, and we are called[H7121] by thy name[H8034]; leave[H3240] us not.
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto this people[H5971], Thus have they loved[H157] to wander[H5128], they have not refrained[H2820] their feet[H7272], therefore the LORD[H3068] doth not accept[H7521] them; he will now remember[H2142] their iniquity[H5771], and visit[H6485] their sins[H2403].
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Then said[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto me, Pray[H6419] not for this people[H5971] for their good[H2896].
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When they fast[H6684], I will not hear[H8085] their cry[H7440]; and when they offer[H5927] burnt offering[H5930] and an oblation[H4503], 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].
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Then said[H559] I, Ah[H162], Lord[H136]GOD[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].
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Then the LORD[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] unto them: they prophesy[H5012] unto you a false[H8267]vision[H2377] and divination[H7081], and a thing of nought[H457], and the deceit[H8649] of their heart[H3820].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[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].
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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[H1992], them[H1992], their wives[H802], nor their sons[H1121], nor their daughters[H1323]: for I will pour[H8210] their wickedness[H7451] upon them[H1992].
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Therefore 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]blow[H4347].
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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 them that are sick[H8463] with famine[H7458]! yea, both the prophet[H5030] and the priest[H3548] go about[H5503] into a land[H776] that they know[H3045] not.
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Hast thou utterly[H3988]rejected[H3988]Judah?[H3063] hath thy soul[H5315]lothed[H1602]Zion?[H6726] why hast thou smitten[H5221] us, and there is no healing[H4832] for us? we looked[H6960] for peace[H7965], and there is no good[H2896]; and for the time[H6256] of healing[H4832], and behold trouble[H1205]!
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We acknowledge[H3045], O LORD[H3068], our wickedness[H7562], and the iniquity[H5771] of our fathers[H1]: for we have sinned[H2398] against thee.
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Do not abhor[H5006] us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace[H5034] the throne[H3678] of thy glory[H3519]: remember[H2142], break[H6565] not thy covenant[H1285] with us.
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Are there[H3426] any among the vanities[H1892] of the Gentiles[H1471] that can cause rain?[H1652] or can the heavens[H8064]give[H5414]showers?[H7241] art not thou he, O LORD[H3068] our God?[H430] therefore we will wait[H6960] upon thee: for thou hast made[H6213] all these things.