24:014:007 O lord, though our iniquities testify
against us, do thou it
for
thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are
many; we have
sinned
against thee.
24:014:008 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof
in time of trouble,
why
shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as
a
wayfaring
man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
24:014:009 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied,
as a mighty man that
cannot
save? yet thou, O lord, art in the midst of us,
and we
are
called by thy name; leave us not.
24:014:010 Thus saith the lord unto this people,
Thus have they loved to
wander,
they have not refrained their feet, therefore the lord
doth
not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity,
and
visit
their sins.
24:014:011 Then said the lord unto me, Pray not
for this people for their
good.
24:014:012 When they fast, I will not hear their cry;
and when they offer
burnt
offering and an oblation, I will not accept them:
but I
will
consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by
the
pestilence.
24:014:013 Then said I, Ah, Lord god! behold,
the prophets say unto them,
Ye
shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine;
but
I
will give you assured peace in this place.
24:014:014 Then the lord said unto me, The prophets
prophesy lies in my
name:
I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither
spake
unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision
and
divination,
and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their
heart.
24:014:015 Therefore thus saith the lord concerning
the prophets that
prophesy
in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword
and
famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine
shall
those prophets be consumed.
24:014:016 And the 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
upon them.
24:014:017 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto
them; Let mine 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 blow.
24:014:018 If I go forth into the field, then behold
the slain with the
sword!
and if I enter into the city, then behold them that
are
sick
with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go
about
into a land that they know not.


