Drought, Famine, False Prophets, Prayer For Mercy
Jeremiah 14 KJV
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 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.
4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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?
9 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.
10 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.
11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
18 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.
19 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!
20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22 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.
Ezra Kneels In Prayer Hannah's Prayer To The Lord Lord's Prayer Hezekiah's Prayer Nehemiah's Prayer Prayer Of The Penitent Apostolic Prayer Parenthetic: How The Little Children May Know False Teachers Lord's Prayer Jesus' Teaching On Prayer Abimelech And His Family Are Healed At Abraham's Prayer His Prayer Isaac, Because Of Famine, Sojourns In Gerar, And The Lord Blesses Him He Is Falsely Accused By Her Pharaoh Complains To Moses, Who By Prayer Removes Them Of Slander, False Witness, And Partiality Mercy Seat, With The Cherubim Ark And Mercy Seat With Cherubim Made God Speaks To Moses From The Mercy Seat Burning At Taberah Quenched By Moses' Prayer Miriam's Leprosy Is Healed At The Prayer Of Moses For The Nature Of God In His Mercy And Justice, An Exhortation To Obedience In Regard To God's Mercy And Goodness To Israel God's Mercy In Restoring The Two Tablets Punishment Of A False Witness Prayer Of Him Who Gives His Third Year's Tithes Moses' Song, Which Sets Forth God's Mercy And Vengeance In Their Misery God Sends Them To Their False Gods He Comforts Them In God's Mercy David's Prayer And Thanksgiving Ziba, By Presents And False Suggestions, Obtains His Master's Inheritance After The Death Of 70,000, David By Prayer Prevents The Destruction Of Jerusalem Solomon's Prayer At The Prayer Of The Prophet Is Restored Elijah, By Prayer Obtaining Rain, Follows Ahab To Jezreel Ahab, Seduced By False Prophets, By Michaiah's Word, Is Slain At Ramoth Gilead Young Prophets, Hardly Obtaining Leave To Seek Elijah, Cannot Find Him Shunammite, Having Left Her Country Seven Years, To Avoid The Famine, Jehoahaz, Oppressed By Hazael, Is Relieved By Prayer Hezekiah, Having Received A Message Of Death, By Prayer Has His Life Lengthened Of Jabez, And His Prayer David's Thanksgiving And Prayer Solomon's Prayer In The Consecration Of The Temple, Upon The Bronze Platform God Having Given Testimony To Solomon's Prayer By Fire From Heaven, Ahab, Seduced By False Prophets, According To The Word Of Micaiah, Is Slain There Upon His Prayer To God He Is Released And Puts Down Idolatry Zedekiah Succeeding, Reigns Ill, Despite The Prophets, And Rebels Against Nebuchadnezzar He Obtains By False Accusations A Decree Of The King To Put The Jews To Death He Exhorts Him To Repentance, With Promises Of Mercy In Confidence Of His Mercy
