The word
of the LORD
that came to Jeremiah
concerning
the dearth.
Judah
mourneth,
and the gates
thereof languish;
they are black
unto the ground;
and the cry
of Jerusalem
is gone up.
And their nobles
have sent
their little ones
to the waters:
they came
to the pits,
and found
no water;
they returned
with their vessels
empty;
they were ashamed
and confounded,
and covered
their heads.
Because the ground
is chapt,
for there was no rain
in the earth,
the plowmen
were ashamed,
they covered
their heads.
Yea, the hind
also calved
in the field,
and forsook
it, because there was no grass.
And the wild asses
did stand
in the high places,
they snuffed up
the wind
like dragons;
their eyes
did fail,
because there was no grass.
O LORD,
though our iniquities
testify
against us, do
thou it for thy name's
sake: for our backslidings
are many;
we have sinned
against thee.
O the hope
of Israel,
the saviour
thereof in time
of trouble,
why shouldest thou be as a stranger
in the land,
and as a wayfaring man
that turneth aside
to tarry for a night?
sprung from the land itself
αὐτόχθων
autochthōn
Why shouldest thou be as a man
astonied,
as a mighty man
that cannot
save?
yet thou, O LORD,
art in the midst
of us, and we are called
by thy name;
leave
us not.
sleep
ὑπνῶν
hypnōn
Thus saith
the LORD
unto this people,
Thus have they loved
to wander,
they have not refrained
their feet,
therefore the LORD
doth not accept
them; he will now remember
their iniquity,
and visit
their sins.
Then said
the LORD
unto me, Pray
not for this people
for their good.
When they fast,
I will not hear
their cry;
and when they offer
burnt offering
and an oblation,
I will not accept
them: but I will consume
them by the sword,
and by the famine,
and by the pestilence.
Then said
I, Ah,
Lord
GOD!
behold, the prophets
say
unto them, Ye shall not see
the sword,
neither shall ye have famine;
but I will give
you assured
peace
in this place.
say
Then the LORD
said
unto me, The prophets
prophesy
lies
in my name:
I sent
them not, neither have I commanded
them, neither spake
unto them: they prophesy
unto you a false
vision
and divination,
and a thing of nought,
and the deceit
of their heart.
say
prophesying
μαντείας
manteias
divination by the flight
οἰωνίσματα
oiōnismata
choosing
προαιρέσεις
proaireseis
Therefore thus saith
the LORD
concerning the prophets
that prophesy
in my name,
and I sent
them not, yet they say,
Sword
and famine
shall not be in this land;
By sword
and famine
shall those prophets
be consumed.
of sickness
νοσερῷ
noserō
And the people
to whom they prophesy
shall be cast out
in the streets
of Jerusalem
because
of the famine
and the sword;
and they shall have none to bury
them,
them, their wives,
nor their sons,
nor their daughters:
for I will pour
their wickedness
upon them.
way through
διόδοις
diodois
Therefore thou shalt say
this word
unto them; Let mine eyes
run down
with tears
night
and day,
and let them not cease:
for the virgin
daughter
of my people
is broken
with a great
breach,
with a very
grievous
blow.
painful
ὀδυνηρᾷ
odynēra
If I go forth
into the field,
then behold the slain
with the sword!
and if I enter
into the city,
then behold them that are sick
with famine!
yea, both the prophet
and the priest
go about
into a land
that they know
not.
plain
πεδίον
pedion
wounded one
τραυματίαι
traumatiai
aware
ᾔδεισαν
ēdeisan
Hast thou utterly
rejected
Judah?
hath thy soul
lothed
Zion?
why hast thou smitten
us, and there is no healing
for us? we looked
for peace,
and there is no good;
and for the time
of healing,
and behold trouble!
We acknowledge,
O LORD,
our wickedness,
and the iniquity
of our fathers:
for we have sinned
against thee.
Do not abhor
us, for thy name's
sake, do not disgrace
the throne
of thy glory:
remember,
break
not thy covenant
with us.
Are there
any among the vanities
of the Gentiles
that can cause rain?
or can the heavens
give
showers?
art not thou he, O LORD
our God?
therefore we will wait
upon thee: for thou hast made
all these things.
cause rain
ὑετίζων
hyetizōn
