Jeremiah 14:19-22

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ Lord, have you completely turned your back on Judah?
    Do you hate the city of Zion?
Why have you made us suffer?
    We can’t be healed.
We hoped peace would come.
    But nothing good has happened to us.
We hoped we would finally be healed.
    But all we got was terror.
²⁰ Lord, we admit we’ve done evil things.
    We also admit that our people of long ago were guilty.
    It’s true that we’ve sinned against you.
²¹ For the honor of your name, don’t turn your back on us.
    Don’t bring shame on your glorious throne in the temple.
Remember the covenant you made with us.
    Please don’t break it.
²² Do any of the worthless gods of the nations bring rain?
    Do the skies send down showers all by themselves?
No. Lord our God, you send the rain.
    So we put our hope in you.
    You are the one who does all these things.