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Jeremiah 14:2

Good News Translation

“Judah is in mourning; its cities are dying, its people lie on the ground in sorrow, and Jerusalem cries out for help.

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They forced the poor to cry out to God, and he heard their calls for help.

May our cattle reproduce plentifully without miscarriage or loss. May there be no cries of distress in our streets.

who heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith, weeping as they go; some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly.

People shout in the streets because there is no more wine. Happiness is gone forever; it has been banished from the land.

The earth dries up and withers; the whole world grows weak; both earth and sky decay.

The grapevines wither, and wine is becoming scarce. Everyone who was once happy is now sad,

The city gates will mourn and cry, and the city itself will be like a woman sitting on the ground, stripped naked.

The land lies idle and deserted. The forests of Lebanon have withered, the fertile valley of Sharon is like a desert, and in Bashan and on Mount Carmel the leaves are falling from the trees.

Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.

So now I, the Lord, warn them that I am going to bring destruction on them, and they will not escape. And when they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

They have made it a wasteland; it lies desolate before me. The whole land has become a desert, and no one cares.

How long will our land be dry, and the grass in every field be withered? Animals and birds are dying because of the wickedness of our people, people who say, ‘God doesn't see what we are doing.’”

Send a mob to plunder their homes without warning; make them cry out in terror. They have dug a pit for me to fall in and have set traps to catch me.

The earth will mourn; the sky will grow dark. The Lord has spoken and will not change his mind. He has made his decision and will not turn back.

Nations have heard of your shame; everyone has heard you cry. One soldier trips over another, and both of them fall to the ground.

My heart has been crushed because my people are crushed; I mourn; I am completely dismayed.

The Lord was determined that the walls of Zion should fall; He measured them off to make sure of total destruction. The towers and walls now lie in ruins together.

The gates lie buried in rubble, their bars smashed to pieces. The king and the noblemen now are in exile. The Law is no longer taught, and the prophets have no visions from the Lord.

Hunger has made us burn with fever until our skin is as hot as an oven.

And so the land will dry up, and everything that lives on it will die. All the animals and birds, and even the fish, will die.”

The fields are bare; the ground mourns because the grain is destroyed, the grapes are dried up, and the olive trees are withered.

Grieve, you farmers; cry, you that take care of the vineyards, because the wheat, the barley, yes all the crops are destroyed.

Give orders for a fast; call an assembly! Gather the leaders and all the people of Judah into the Temple of the Lord your God and cry out to him!

As they approach, everyone is terrified; every face turns pale.

I have brought drought on the land—on its hills, grainfields, vineyards, and olive orchards—on every crop the ground produces, on people and animals, on everything you try to grow.”

Because they did not listen when I spoke, I did not answer when they prayed.

Even those who did not die developed tumors and the people cried out to their gods for help.

“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the tribe of Benjamin; anoint him as ruler of my people Israel, and he will rescue them from the Philistines. I have seen the suffering of my people and have heard their cries for help.”




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