{ "apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Chapter", "metadata": { "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z", "language": "en", "book": "jeremiah", "chapter": 14 }, "data": { "n": 14, "bookSlug": "jeremiah", "bookCode": "JER", "refId": "", "title": "", "translation": null, "segments": [], "lines": [], "paragraphs": [{ "n": 1, "refId": "JER-14:1", "verseRef": "Jer.14.1", "text": "The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought." },{ "n": 2, "refId": "JER-14:2", "verseRef": "Jer.14.2", "text": "Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up." },{ "n": 3, "refId": "JER-14:3", "verseRef": "Jer.14.3", "text": "And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads." },{ "n": 4, "refId": "JER-14:4", "verseRef": "Jer.14.4", "text": "Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads." },{ "n": 5, "refId": "JER-14:5", "verseRef": "Jer.14.5", "text": "Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass." },{ "n": 6, "refId": "JER-14:6", "verseRef": "Jer.14.6", "text": "And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage." },{ "n": 7, "refId": "JER-14:7", "verseRef": "Jer.14.7", "text": "Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name`s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee." },{ "n": 8, "refId": "JER-14:8", "verseRef": "Jer.14.8", "text": "O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?" },{ "n": 9, "refId": "JER-14:9", "verseRef": "Jer.14.9", "text": "Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not." },{ "n": 10, "refId": "JER-14:10", "verseRef": "Jer.14.10", "text": "Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins." },{ "n": 11, "refId": "JER-14:11", "verseRef": "Jer.14.11", "text": "And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good." },{ "n": 12, "refId": "JER-14:12", "verseRef": "Jer.14.12", "text": "When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence." },{ "n": 13, "refId": "JER-14:13", "verseRef": "Jer.14.13", "text": "Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! 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." },{ "n": 14, "refId": "JER-14:14", "verseRef": "Jer.14.14", "text": "Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart." },{ "n": 15, "refId": "JER-14:15", "verseRef": "Jer.14.15", "text": "Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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." },{ "n": 16, "refId": "JER-14:16", "verseRef": "Jer.14.16", "text": "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." },{ "n": 17, "refId": "JER-14:17", "verseRef": "Jer.14.17", "text": "And 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 wound." },{ "n": 18, "refId": "JER-14:18", "verseRef": "Jer.14.18", "text": "If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge." },{ "n": 19, "refId": "JER-14:19", "verseRef": "Jer.14.19", "text": "Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!" },{ "n": 20, "refId": "JER-14:20", "verseRef": "Jer.14.20", "text": "We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee." },{ "n": 21, "refId": "JER-14:21", "verseRef": "Jer.14.21", "text": "Do not abhor [us], for thy name`s sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us." },{ "n": 22, "refId": "JER-14:22", "verseRef": "Jer.14.22", "text": "Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things." } ] }, "links": { "self": "/v1/library/books/jeremiah/chapters/14", "book": "/v1/library/books/jeremiah/", "chapters": "/v1/library/books/jeremiah/chapters/", "library": "/v1/library/", "schema": "/v1/schema/book/" } }