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21 For the sake of your name[a] don’t despise us.
    Don’t dishonor your glorious throne.
        Remember, don’t break your covenant with us!
22 Can any of the worthless gods of the nations make it rain?
    Can the heavens themselves bring forth showers?
Aren’t you the one who does this,[b]
    Lord our God?
So we hope in you,
    for you are the one who does all these things.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:21 I.e. your reputation
  2. Jeremiah 14:22 The Heb. lacks who does this

21 For the sake of your name(A) do not despise us;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne.(B)
Remember your covenant(C) with us
    and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols(D) of the nations bring rain?(E)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(F)

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