Focused Passage

Jeremiah 14:13-16

Drought, False Peace, and the Plea of a Guilty People

The chapter moves from drought lament over Judah's land, people, nobles, farmers, and animals, to Jeremiah's intercessory confession, to the LORD's rejection of the people's wandering love, to the command not to pray for their welfare, to the exposure and judgment of false prophets, and finally to Jeremiah's sorrowful plea that the LORD would remember his covenant and not utterly forsake his people.

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13“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

15Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!

16And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.

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Verse 13

Cross-references

Jeremiah 32:17Classic cross-references 2 Peter 2:1Classic cross-references Isaiah 56:10Classic cross-references Jeremiah 6:14Classic cross-references Jeremiah 1:6Classic cross-references

Original words

Ahאֲהָ֣הּ׀H162InterjectionLordאֲדֹנָ֣יH136Noun - proper - masculine singularGODיְהוִ֗הH3069Noun - proper - masculine singularI repliedוָאֹמַ֞רH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularLookהִנֵּ֨הH2009Interjectionthe prophetsהַנְּבִאִ֜יםH5030Article | Noun - masculine pluralare tellingאֹמְרִ֤יםH559Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralthemלָהֶם֙Preposition | third person masculine pluralYou will notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleseeתִרְא֣וּH7200Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralthe swordחֶ֔רֶבH2719Noun - feminine singularor sufferיִהְיֶ֣הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfamineוְרָעָ֖בH7458Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular. . .לֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlebutכִּֽי־H3588ConjunctionI will giveאֶתֵּ֣ןH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularyouלָכֶ֔םPreposition | second person masculine plurallastingאֱמֶת֙H571Noun - feminine singularpeaceשְׁל֤וֹםH7965Noun - masculine singular constructin thisהַזֶּֽה׃סH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singularplaceבַּמָּק֖וֹםH4725Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 14

Cross-references

Jeremiah 28:15Classic cross-references Matthew 24:5Classic cross-references Ezekiel 13:6Classic cross-references Jeremiah 23:16Classic cross-references Ezekiel 12:24Classic cross-references

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The prophetsהַנְּבִאִים֙H5030Article | Noun - masculine pluralare prophesyingנִבְּאִ֣יםH5012Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine pluralliesשֶׁ֚קֶרH8267Noun - masculine singularin My nameבִּשְׁמִ֔יH8034Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularrepliedוַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe LORDיְהוָ֜הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularאֵלַ֗יאֵלַ֗יH413Preposition | first person common singularI did notלֹ֤אH3808Adverb - Negative particlesend themשְׁלַחְתִּים֙H7971Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural[or]וְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleappoint themצִוִּיתִ֔יםH6680Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural[or]וְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlespeakדִבַּ֖רְתִּיH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularto themאֲלֵיהֶ֑םH413Preposition | third person masculine pluralTheyהֵ֖מָּהH1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralare prophesyingמִֽתְנַבְּאִ֥יםH5012Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine pluralto youלָכֶֽם׃סPreposition | second person masculine plurala falseשֶׁ֜קֶרH8267Noun - masculine singularvisionחֲז֨וֹןH2377Noun - masculine singular constructa worthless divinationוְקֶ֤סֶםH7081Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularthe futilityוֶאֱלוּלH434Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularand delusionוְתַרְמוּתH8649Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructof their own mindsלִבָּ֔םH3820Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 15

Cross-references

Jeremiah 5:13Classic cross-references Luke 6:39Classic cross-references Ezekiel 13:14Classic cross-references Jeremiah 5:12Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 13:5Classic cross-references

Original words

Thereforeלָכֵ֞ןH3651Adverbthis is whatכֹּֽה־H3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularaboutעַֽל־H5921Prepositionthe prophetsהַנְּבִאִ֞יםH5030Article | Noun - masculine pluralwho prophesyהַנִּבְּאִ֣יםH5012Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine pluralin My nameבִּשְׁמִי֮H8034Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularIוַאֲנִ֣יH589Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singulardid notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlesend themשְׁלַחְתִּים֒H7971Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluralyet theyוְהֵ֙מָּה֙H1992Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralsayאֹֽמְרִ֔יםH559Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralNoלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particleswordחֶ֣רֶבH2719Noun - feminine singularor famineוְרָעָ֔בH7458Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularwill touchיִהְיֶ֖הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthisהַזֹּ֑אתH2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singularlandבָּאָ֣רֶץH776Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularBy swordבַּחֶ֤רֶבH2719Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularand famineוּבָֽרָעָב֙H7458Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularthese veryהָהֵֽמָּה׃H1992Article | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralprophetsהַנְּבִאִ֖יםH5030Article | Noun - masculine pluralwill meet their endיִתַּ֔מּוּH8552Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Verse 16

Cross-references

Jeremiah 15:2Classic cross-references Jeremiah 7:33Classic cross-references Proverbs 1:31Classic cross-references Psalms 79:2Classic cross-references Psalms 79:3Classic cross-references

Original words

And the peopleוְהָעָ֣םH5971Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularto whomאֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativetheyהֵ֣מָּהH1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralprophesyנִבְּאִ֣יםH5012Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural-לָהֶ֡םPreposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralwill beיִֽהְי֣וּH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralthrownמֻשְׁלָכִים֩H7993Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine pluralinto the streetsבְּחֻצ֨וֹתH2351Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םH3389Noun - proper - feminine singularbecause ofמִפְּנֵ֣י׀H6440Preposition-m | Noun - common plural constructfamineהָרָעָ֣בH7458Article | Noun - masculine singularand swordוְהַחֶ֗רֶבH2719Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singularThere will be noוְאֵ֤יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbone to buryמְקַבֵּר֙H6912Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularthemלָהֵ֔מָּהPreposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralor theirהֵ֣מָּהH1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralwivesנְשֵׁיהֶ֔םH802Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluraltheir sonsוּבְנֵיהֶ֖םH1121Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralor their daughtersוּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶ֑םH1323Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralI will pour outוְשָׁפַכְתִּ֥יH8210Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singulartheir own evilרָעָתָֽם׃H7451Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralupon themעֲלֵיהֶ֖םH5921Preposition | third person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object marker

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