And came to pass the of the to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
Judea mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are enveloped in darkness upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem ascended.
And her great men sent their younger ones for water. They came upon the wells and did not find water. They returned their receptacles empty.
And the works of the land failed, for there was no rain. they covered their head.
And the in the gave birth, and abandoned it for there was no pasturage.
stood upon the and drew wind as dragons; for there was no grass.
Since our sins opposed us, O lord do for us because of your name! For before you. Against you we sinned.
You are of Israel, O lord delivering in time of evils. Why did you become as a sojourner upon the earth, and as a native-born turning aside for lodging?
Will you be as a man sleeping, or as a man not being able to deliver? But you O lord and your name is called upon us; you should not forget us.
Thus says the to this people, They loved to move their feet, and spared not, and God prospered not the way among them. Now and he visited their sins.
And the to me, Do not pray for this people for good!
For if they should fast, I will not listen to their supplication. And if they should bring whole burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, I will not think well of them. For by sword and by famine
And I said, O Being One, O lord Behold, the prophets prophesy and say, You shall not see a sword, nor shall hunger be among you; for truth and peace I shall appoint upon the land, and in this place.
And the to me, in my name. I did not send them, and I did not give charge to them, and I did not speak to them. For and divinations, and omens, and the of their own heart they prophesy to you.
On account of this, thus says the concerning the prophets, of the ones prophesying and I did not send them, who say, Sword and famine will not be upon this land. By
even the people to whom they prophesy to them. And they will be tossed in the streets of Jerusalem from in front of the and of the famine. And there will not be one entombing them, even their wives, and their sons, and their daughters. And I shall pour out against them for their evils.
And you shall say to them this word, Lead down day and night, and let them not stop! For even by
If I should go forth into the plain, then behold, ones slain by sword. And if I should enter into the city, then behold, the of famine. For priest and prophet were gone into a land which they did not know.
Did by rejecting you reject Judah? and 4 Why did you smite us, and there is no healing for us? We waited for peace, but there was no good; for a time of healing, but behold, only
We knew, O lord our sins, the of our fathers. For we sinned before you.
Abate, on account of your name! You should not destroy the of your glory. Remember! you should not efface your covenant, the one with us!
Is there one among the of the nations causing rain, and shall its fullness, no Is it not you being he, O lord our God. And we shall wait on you, for you made all these.