Verse 18
Jeremiah 14:18
Young's Literal Translation
18
If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם יָצָ֣אתִי הַ/שָּׂדֶ֗ה וְ/הִנֵּה֙ חַלְלֵי חֶ֔רֶב וְ/אִם֙ בָּ֣אתִי הָ/עִ֔יר וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה תַּחֲלוּאֵ֣י רָעָ֑ב כִּֽי גַם נָבִ֧יא גַם כֹּהֵ֛ן סָחֲר֥וּ אֶל אֶ֖רֶץ וְ/לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ
English Translation
If I went out to the field and behold, the slain by the sword; and if I came to the city and behold, the sufferers of hunger; for both the prophet and the priest have gone to a land and they do not know.
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Chapter 14 Context
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