Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and bpriest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
The People Plead for Mercy
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that bthere is no healing for us?
cWe looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
And the iniquity of our afathers,
For bwe have sinned against You.
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
aRemember, do not break Your covenant with us.
Or can the heavens give showers?
dAre You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
| << Jeremiah 14:19 | Jeremiah 14:21 >> |
Jeremiah 14:19-22
A second (compare Jeremiah 14:7-9) earnest intercession, acknowledging the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God' s Almighty power.
Lothed - More exactly, "hath thrown away as worthless."
Jeremiah 14:20
Our wickedness, and - Omit and. National sin is the sin of the fathers, perpetuated generation after generation by the children.
Jeremiah 14:21
This verse is in the original very emphatic, and consists of a series of broken ejaculations: "Abhor not for thy name' s sake! Disgrace - lightly esteem" in Deuteronomy 32:15 - "not the throne of thy glory! Remember! Break not etc. with us!" The throne of Yahweh' s glory is Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 14:22
None of the idols of the Gentiles can put an end to this present distress.
Art not thou he, O Lord our God! - Rather, "art thou not Yahweh our God?"
Thou hast made all these things - i. e., the heaven with its showers.
| << Jeremiah 14:19 | Jeremiah 14:21 >> |
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