5 Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But1 left because there was no grass.
6 And athe wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights; They sniffed at the wind like jackals; Their eyes failed because therewas no grass.”
7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it afor Your name’s sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You.
8aO the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, Why should You be like a stranger in the land, And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one awho cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, bare in our midst, And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us!
10 Thus says the Lord to this people: a“Thus they have loved to wander; They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; bHe will remember their iniquity now, And punish their sins.”
11 Then the Lord said to me, a“Do not pray for this people, for their good.
12aWhen they fast, I will not hear their cry; and bwhen they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But cI will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
13aThen I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you1 assured bpeace in this place.’ ”
do thou it—what we beg of Thee; interpose to remove the drought. Jeremiah pleads in the name of his nation (Psalms 109:21). So "work for us," absolutely used (I Samuel 14:6).
for thy name's sake—"for our backslidings are so many" that we cannot urge Thee for the sake of our doings, but for the glory of Thy name; lest, if Thou give us not aid, it should be said it was owing to Thy want of power (Joshua 7:9; Psalms 79:9; Psalms 106:8; Isaiah 48:9; Ezekiel 20:44). The same appeal to God's mercy, "for His name's sake," as our only hope, since our sin precludes trust in ourselves, occurs in Psalms 25:11.
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