14 1 Of the death that should come. 7 The prayer of the people asking mercy of the Lord. 10 The unfaithful people are not heard. 12 Of prayer, fasting, and of false prophets that seduce the people.

The word of the Lord that came unto Jeremiah, concerning the [a][b]dearth.

Judah hath mourned, and the gates thereof are desolate, they have been [c]brought to heaviness unto the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

And their nobles have sent their inferiors to the water, who came to the wells, and found no water: they returned with their vessels empty: they were ashamed and confounded: and [d]covered their heads.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:1 Which came for lack of rain, as verse 4.
  2. Jeremiah 14:1 Or, restraint.
  3. Jeremiah 14:2 The word signifieth to be made black, and so is here taken for extreme sorrow.
  4. Jeremiah 14:3 To wit, with ashes in token of sorrow.

Drought, Famine, Sword

14 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:(A)

“Judah mourns,(B)
    her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
    and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.(C)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.(D)

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