Verse 3

Jeremiah 14:3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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3 The great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carried back their vessels empty: they were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אַדִּ֣רֵי/הֶ֔ם שָׁלְח֥וּ צעורי/הם צְעִירֵי/הֶ֖ם לַ/מָּ֑יִם בָּ֣אוּ עַל גֵּבִ֞ים לֹא מָ֣צְאוּ מַ֗יִם שָׁ֤בוּ כְלֵי/הֶם֙ רֵיקָ֔ם בֹּ֥שׁוּ וְ/הָכְלְמ֖וּ וְ/חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁ/ם

English Translation

And their mighty ones sent their young ones to the waters; they came upon the waves, but they found no water. Their vessels returned empty; they were ashamed and embarrassed, and they covered their heads.

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Chapter 14 Context

1 The Word of the Lord that came to Jeremias concerning the words of the drought. Focus ↗

2 Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the... Focus ↗

3 The great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carri...

4 For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were conf... Focus ↗

5 Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass. Focus ↗

6 And the wild asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, b... Focus ↗

7 If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebelli... Focus ↗

8 O expectation of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble: why wilt thou be a stranger in the... Focus ↗

9 Why wilt thou be as a wandering man, as a mighty man that cannot save? but thou, O Lord, art among u... Focus ↗

10 Thus saith the Lord to his people, that have loved to move their feet, and have not rested, and have... Focus ↗

11 And the Lord said to me: Pray not for this people for their good. Focus ↗

12 When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not r... Focus ↗

13 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God (Elohim), the prophets say to them: You shall not see the sword,... Focus ↗

14 And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I sent them not, neither have I c... Focus ↗

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophecy in my name, whom I did not send,... Focus ↗

16 And the people to whom they prophecy, shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the f... Focus ↗

17 And thou shalt speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not... Focus ↗

18 If I go forth into the fields, behold the slain with the sword: and if I enter into the city, behold... Focus ↗

19 Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so t... Focus ↗

20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquities of our fathers, because we have sinned agains... Focus ↗

21 Give us not to be a reproach, for thy name's sake, and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy glory... Focus ↗

22 Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give sh... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 14 (22 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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