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.

15 Therefore 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!

16 And 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

Original words

Ah אֲהָ֣הּ׀ H162 Interjection Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular GOD יְהוִ֗ה H3069 Noun - proper - masculine singular I replied וָאֹמַ֞ר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Look הִנֵּ֨ה H2009 Interjection the prophets הַנְּבִאִ֜ים H5030 Article | Noun - masculine plural are telling אֹמְרִ֤ים H559 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural them לָהֶם֙ Preposition | third person masculine plural You will not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle see תִרְא֣וּ H7200 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural the sword חֶ֔רֶב H2719 Noun - feminine singular or suffer יִהְיֶ֣ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular famine וְרָעָ֖ב H7458 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular . . . לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle but כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I will give אֶתֵּ֣ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular you לָכֶ֔ם Preposition | second person masculine plural lasting אֱמֶת֙ H571 Noun - feminine singular peace שְׁל֤וֹם H7965 Noun - masculine singular construct in this הַזֶּֽה׃ס H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular place בַּמָּק֖וֹם H4725 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 14

Original words

The prophets הַנְּבִאִים֙ H5030 Article | Noun - masculine plural are prophesying נִבְּאִ֣ים H5012 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural lies שֶׁ֚קֶר H8267 Noun - masculine singular in My name בִּשְׁמִ֔י H8034 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular replied וַיֹּ֨אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular the LORD יְהוָ֜ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular אֵלַ֗י אֵלַ֗י H413 Preposition | first person common singular I did not לֹ֤א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle send them שְׁלַחְתִּים֙ H7971 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural [or] וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle appoint them צִוִּיתִ֔ים H6680 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural [or] וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle speak דִבַּ֖רְתִּי H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular to them אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם H413 Preposition | third person masculine plural They הֵ֖מָּה H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural are prophesying מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֥ים H5012 Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural to you לָכֶֽם׃ס Preposition | second person masculine plural a false שֶׁ֜קֶר H8267 Noun - masculine singular vision חֲז֨וֹן H2377 Noun - masculine singular construct a worthless divination וְקֶ֤סֶם H7081 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular the futility וֶאֱלוּל H434 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular and delusion וְתַרְמוּת H8649 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct of their own minds לִבָּ֔ם H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 15

Original words

Therefore לָכֵ֞ן H3651 Adverb this is what כֹּֽה־ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular about עַֽל־ H5921 Preposition the prophets הַנְּבִאִ֞ים H5030 Article | Noun - masculine plural who prophesy הַנִּבְּאִ֣ים H5012 Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural in My name בִּשְׁמִי֮ H8034 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular I וַאֲנִ֣י H589 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular did not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle send them שְׁלַחְתִּים֒ H7971 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural yet they וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ H1992 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural say אֹֽמְרִ֔ים H559 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural No לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle sword חֶ֣רֶב H2719 Noun - feminine singular or famine וְרָעָ֔ב H7458 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular will touch יִהְיֶ֖ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular this הַזֹּ֑את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular land בָּאָ֣רֶץ H776 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular By sword בַּחֶ֤רֶב H2719 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular and famine וּבָֽרָעָב֙ H7458 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular these very הָהֵֽמָּה׃ H1992 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural prophets הַנְּבִאִ֖ים H5030 Article | Noun - masculine plural will meet their end יִתַּ֔מּוּ H8552 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 16

Original words

And the people וְהָעָ֣ם H5971 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular to whom אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative they הֵ֣מָּה H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural prophesy נִבְּאִ֣ים H5012 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural - לָהֶ֡ם Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural will be יִֽהְי֣וּ H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural thrown מֻשְׁלָכִים֩ H7993 Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine plural into the streets בְּחֻצ֨וֹת H2351 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct of Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular because of מִפְּנֵ֣י׀ H6440 Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct famine הָרָעָ֣ב H7458 Article | Noun - masculine singular and sword וְהַחֶ֗רֶב H2719 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular There will be no וְאֵ֤ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb one to bury מְקַבֵּר֙ H6912 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular them לָהֵ֔מָּה Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural or their הֵ֣מָּה H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural wives נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם H802 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural their sons וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם H1121 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural or their daughters וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם H1323 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural I will pour out וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֥י H8210 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular their own evil רָעָתָֽם׃ H7451 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural upon them עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם H5921 Preposition | third person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker

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