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Jeremiah 14:19

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Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you hate Zion? You hurt us so badly that we cannot be made well again. Why did you do that? We were hoping for peace, but nothing good has come. We were hoping for a time of healing, but only terror came.

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You were very angry with us. Have you completely rejected us?

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped that he would forgive us, but only disaster has come.

People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly, like the pains of a woman giving birth. And those people will not escape.

My people will be called ‘Rejected Silver.’ They will be given that name because the Lord did not accept them.”

There is no one to care for your sores, so you will not be healed.

I don’t understand why I still hurt. I don’t understand why my wound is not cured and cannot be healed. I think you have changed. You are like a spring of water that became dry. You are like a spring whose water has stopped flowing.

My own people turned against me like a wild lion. They roared at me, so I turned away from them.

God heard what they were doing and became very angry. So he rejected Israel completely!

But when I hoped for good, trouble came instead. When I looked for light, darkness came.

We have worn out our eyes looking for help, but no help comes. We kept on looking for a nation to save us. We kept watch from our watchtower, but no nation came to us.

My dear Jerusalem, what can I say about you? What can I compare you to? What can I say you are like? How can I comfort you, city of Zion? You have been hurt much too badly for anyone to heal.

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel were here to pray for the people of Judah, I would not feel sorry for them. Send the people of Judah away from me! Tell them to go!

Surely there is some medicine in Gilead. Surely there is a doctor in Gilead. So why are the wounds of my people not healed?

“Jeremiah, cut off your hair and throw it away. Go up to the bare hilltop and cry, because the Lord has rejected this generation of people. He has turned his back on these people. And in anger he will punish them.

But now, Lord, you have become angry with your chosen king, and you have left him all alone.

But they made fun of God’s prophets and refused to listen to them. They hated God’s messages. Finally, the Lord could not hold his anger any longer. He became angry with his people and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

“I have abandoned my house. I have left my own property. I have given Judah, the one I love, to her enemies.

The people living in Maroth wait for something good to happen, even though trouble has come down from the Lord and has reached the city gate of Jerusalem.

Some people refuse to bend when someone corrects them. Eventually they will break, and there will be no one to repair the damage.

This is what the Lord says: “You people of Israel and Judah have a wound that cannot be cured. You have an injury that will not heal.

The Lord All-Powerful did not leave Israel and Judah alone, like a widow. No, they are guilty of leaving the Holy One of Israel. Their God did not leave them. They left him!

You invited terror to come to me from all around. You invited terror as though you were inviting it to a festival. No one escaped on the day of the Lord’s anger. My enemy killed the people who I raised and brought up.




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