Verse 18
Jeremiah 14:18
New King James Version
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If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know 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
1
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
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2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerus...
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3
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits,
and found no wate...
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4
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they cove...
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5
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook
it, because there was no grass.
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6
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes d...
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7
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou
it
for thy name’s sake: for our backslidi...
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8
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in...
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9
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man
that
cannot save? yet thou, O LORD,
art in...
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10
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their...
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11
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for
their
good.
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12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I wil...
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13
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither s...
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14
Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I c...
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15
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not,...
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16
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the fa...
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17
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and l...
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18
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, th...
19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and
there is...
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20
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness,
and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against...
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21
Do not abhor
us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not t...
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22
Are there
any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give shower...
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