Verse 18

Jeremiah 14:18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

18 If I go forth into the fields, behold the slain with the sword: and if I enter into the city, behold them that are consumed with famine. The prophet also and the priest are gone into a land which 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.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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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... Focus ↗
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...
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 ↗