14 And the Lord said to me: “The (A)prophets are prophesying lies in my name. (B)I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, (C)worthless divination, and (D)the deceit of their own minds. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although (E)I did not send them, and who say, (F)‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: (G)By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, (H)with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

17 “You shall say to them this word:
(I)‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
    and let them not cease,
for the virgin (J)daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
    (K)with a very grievous blow.
18 (L)If I go out into the field,
    behold, those pierced by the sword!
(M)And if I enter the city,
    behold, the diseases of famine!
(N)For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
    and have no knowledge.’”

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14 Then the Lord said to me, “The (A)prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. (B)I have neither sent them nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a (C)false vision, divination, futility, and the deception of their own [a]minds. 15 Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying: ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—(D)by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end! 16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be (E)thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to (F)bury them—neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will (G)pour out their own wickedness upon them.

17 You will say this word to them,
(H)Let my eyes stream down tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin (I)daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely (J)infected wound.
18 If I (K)go out to the country,
There are those killed by the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
There are diseases from famine!
For (L)both prophet and priest
Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:14 Lit heart