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Jeremiah 14:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up.

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The city will mourn and sit in the dirt, emptied of its people.

My people are crushed, and so is my heart. I am horrified and mourn.

and those who had survived were suffering from the sores. They all cried to their gods for help.

and said, “You people paid no attention when I called out to you, and now I'll pay no attention when you call out to me.”

Here is what I've decided to do. I will bring suffering on the people of Judah and Jerusalem, and no one will escape. They will beg me to help, but I won't listen to their prayers.

The very sight of them is frightening.

Barren fields mourn; grain, grapes, and olives are scorched and shriveled.

And so your land is a desert. Every living creature is dying— people and wild animals, birds and fish.

Our skin is scorched from fever and hunger.

Zion's gates have fallen facedown on the ground; the bars that locked the gates are smashed to pieces. Her king and royal family are prisoners in foreign lands. Her priests don't teach, and her prophets don't have a message from the Lord.

These people have dug pits and set traps for me, Lord. Make them scream in fear when you send enemy troops to attack their homes.

How long will the ground be dry and the pasturelands parched? The birds and animals are dead and gone. And all of this happened because the people are so sinful. They even brag, “God can't see the sins we commit.”

Fields are dry and barren; Mount Lebanon wilts with shame. Sharon Valley is a desert; the forests of Bashan and Carmel have lost their leaves.

Grapevines have dried up: wine is almost gone— mournful sounds are heard instead of joyful shouts.

The earth wilts away; its mighty leaders melt to nothing.

I pity Moab! Its people are running to Zoar and to Eglath-Shelishiyah. They cry on their way up to the town of Luhith; on the road to Horonaim they tell of disasters.

I am the Lord All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

The persons they mistreated had prayed for help, until God answered their prayers.

“I've seen how my people are suffering, and I've heard their call for help. About this time tomorrow I'll send you a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who will rescue my people from the Philistines. I want you to pour olive oil on his head to show that he will be their leader.”

and God heard their loud cries. He did not forget the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

and every cow have calves. Don't let our city be captured or any of us be taken away, and don't let cries of sorrow be heard in our streets.

Happy times have disappeared from the earth, and people shout in the streets, “We're out of wine!”

Every field I see lies barren, and no one cares.

All nations have heard you weep; you are disgraced, and they know it. Your troops fall to the ground, stumbling over each other.

The Lord had decided to tear down the walls of Zion stone by stone. So he started destroying and did not stop until walls and fortresses mourned and trembled.

And so, at my command everything will become barren—your farmland and pastures, your vineyards and olive trees, your animals and you yourselves. All your hard work will be for nothing.

Mourn for our farms and our vineyards! There's no wheat or barley growing in our fields.

Tell the leaders and people to come together at the temple. Order them to go without eating and to pray sincerely.




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