Jeremiah 14:14-18
Lexham English Bible
14 And Yahweh said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies[a] in my name. I have not sent them, and I have not commanded them, and I have not spoken to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, and a divination, worthless, and the deceitfulness of their minds.”[b] 15 Therefore[c] thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who prophecy in my name though I have not sent them, yet they are saying, “Sword and famine will not be in this land.” “By the sword and by the famine those prophets will perish. 16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be cast out into the streets of Jerusalem because of[d] the famine and the sword. And there will be no one who buries them, their wives, or their sons, or their daughters. And I will pour out on them their wickedness.
The Nation Hopes in Yahweh
17 “And you shall say to them this word,
‘Let my eyes melt with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for with a great wound the virgin daughter of my people is broken,
with a very incurable wound.
18 If I go out into the field,
then look, those slain by the sword.
And if I enter the city,
then look, the sickness of the famine.
For both prophet and priest wander around through the land,
they do not know what is going on.’”[e]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:14 Hebrew “lie”
- Jeremiah 14:14 Literally “heart”
- Jeremiah 14:15 Literally “To thus”
- Jeremiah 14:16 Literally “from the face of”
- Jeremiah 14:18 Literally “and not they know”
Jeremiah 14:14-18
New King James Version
14 And the Lord said to me, (A)“The prophets prophesy lies in My name. (B)I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, [a]divination, a worthless thing, and the (C)deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, (D)and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’—‘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 because of the famine and the sword; (E)they will have no one to bury them—them nor their wives, their sons nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness on them.’
17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
(F)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(G)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
18 If I go out to (H)the field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and (I)priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:14 Telling the future by signs and omens
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