1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

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Jeremiah 17:8, Jeremiah 17:8

2"Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

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Isaiah 3:26, Isaiah 3:26, Jeremiah 8:21, Jeremiah 8:21, 1 Samuel 5:12

3Their 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 disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

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2 Samuel 15:30, 2 Samuel 15:30, Psalms 40:14, 2 Kings 18:31, Psalms 40:14

4Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

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Joel 1:19, Joel 1:20, Joel 1:11, Joel 1:19, Joel 1:20

5Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.

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Psalms 29:9, Psalms 29:9, Job 39:1, Job 39:4, Isaiah 15:6

6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage."

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Jeremiah 2:24, Jeremiah 2:24, Job 39:5, Job 39:6, Job 39:5

7"Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, Lord; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.

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Hosea 5:5, Psalms 25:11, Hosea 5:5, Psalms 25:11, Jeremiah 14:20

8You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

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Jeremiah 17:13, Jeremiah 17:13, Jeremiah 50:7, Jeremiah 50:7, Isaiah 43:3

9Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't save? Yet you, Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us."

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Isaiah 63:19, Isaiah 59:1, Isaiah 63:19, Isaiah 59:1, Numbers 11:23

10Thus says the Lord to this people, "Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore the Lord does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins."

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Hosea 9:9, Hosea 9:9, Hosea 8:13, Psalms 119:101, Hosea 8:13

11The Lord said to me, "Do not pray for this people for their good.

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Jeremiah 7:16, Jeremiah 7:16, Jeremiah 11:14, Jeremiah 11:14, Exodus 32:32

12When 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."

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Jeremiah 11:11, Jeremiah 6:20, Proverbs 1:28, Ezekiel 8:18, Jeremiah 11:11

13Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets tell them, 'You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'"

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Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 4:10, 2 Peter 2:1, Micah 3:11

14Then the Lord said to me, "The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I did not send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.

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Ezekiel 13:6, Ezekiel 13:7, Ezekiel 13:6, Ezekiel 13:7, Jeremiah 29:8

15Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I did not send them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land:' 'By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.'

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Jeremiah 5:12, Jeremiah 5:13, Jeremiah 5:12, Jeremiah 5:13, Ezekiel 14:10

16The 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 on them."

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Jeremiah 7:33, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 15:3, Proverbs 1:31, Psalms 79:2

17"You shall say this word to them, 'Let my 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.

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Jeremiah 8:21, Jeremiah 8:21, Lamentations 1:15, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 2:13

18If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.'"

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Ezekiel 7:15, Ezekiel 7:15, Lamentations 1:20, Lamentations 1:20, Jeremiah 8:10

19"Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck 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!

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Lamentations 5:22, Jeremiah 8:15, Lamentations 5:22, Jeremiah 8:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

20We acknowledge, Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.

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Psalms 32:5, Jeremiah 3:25, Psalms 32:5, Jeremiah 3:25, Luke 15:18

21Do not abhor us, for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, do not break your covenant with us.

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Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 14:7, Psalms 106:45, Psalms 106:45, Jeremiah 3:17

22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Lord our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things."

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Joel 2:23, Joel 2:23, Jeremiah 5:24, Jeremiah 5:24, Psalms 135:7