Verse 1
Jeremiah 14:1
Bible in Basic English
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The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר יְהוָה֙ אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ עַל דִּבְרֵ֖י הַ/בַּצָּרֽוֹת
English Translation
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah concerning the disasters.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 14 Context
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The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when there was no water.
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Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in b...
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Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to...
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Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers a...
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And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass...
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And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get ai...
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Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for agai...
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O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the lan...
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Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, a...
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10
This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right w...
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11
And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.
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12
When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and mea...
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13
Then I said, Ah, Lord God (Elohim)! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be...
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14
Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I...
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So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not...
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And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, beca...
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17
And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it...
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18
If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the t...
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19
Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us...
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20
We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against...
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21
Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glor...
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22
Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give shower...
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