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Jeremiah 14 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:1 - And the Word of the Lord came to Jeremias concerning the Drought.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:2 - Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:5 - And hinds calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:7 - Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - O Lord, thou art the hope of Israel, and deliverest us in time of troubles; why art thou become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9 - Wilt thou be as a man asleep, or as a strong man that cannot save? yet thou art among us, O Lord, and thy name is called upon us; forget us not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - Thus saith the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:11 - And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for their good:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - And I said, O ever living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, Ye shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices of their own heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people to whom they prophesy, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters shall die thus; and I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - And thou shalt speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Hast thou utterly rejected Juda? and has thy soul departed from Sion? wherefore hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:20 - We know, O Lord, our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21 - Refrain for thy name's sake, destroy not the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22 - Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness at their bidding? Art not thou he? we will even wait on thee, O Lord: for thou hast made all these things.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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