The People Plead for Mercy

19 (A)Have You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that (B)there is no healing for us?
(C)We looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness
And the iniquity of our (D)fathers,
For (E)we have sinned against You.
21 Do not abhor us, for Your name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
(F)Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
22 (G)Are there any among (H)the idols of the nations that can cause (I)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(J)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.

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19 Have you completely rejected Judah?
    Or has your soul[a] loathed Zion?
Why have you struck us
    so that there is no healing for us?
We hope for peace, but there is no good,
    and for a time of healing, but look, there is terror.
20 We know, O Yahweh, our wickedness,
    the iniquity of our ancestors,[b]
    for we have sinned against you.
21 You must not spurn us[c] for the sake of your name,
    you must not dishonor your glorious throne.[d]
Remember us![e]
    You must not break your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the idols of the nation who cause rain to pour?
    Or can the heavens give showers?
Is it not you, O Yahweh our God?
    Therefore, we hope in you, for you do all these things.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 14:19 Or “inner self”
  2. Jeremiah 14:20 Or “fathers”
  3. Jeremiah 14:21 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Jeremiah 14:21 Literally “the throne of your glory”
  5. Jeremiah 14:21 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation