A drought oracle: the gates languish, nobles send servants to empty cisterns, they return with vessels ashamed and cover their heads; the hind forsakes her calf, the wild asses pant on the bare heights. Jeremiah prays out of the drought: 'O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land?' (14:8). The people's prophets promise assured peace in this place; Jehovah answers, 'I sent them not.' Judgment lands on prophets and hearers alike, and Jeremiah is again told not to intercede. Yet he ends still pleading, 'we wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Jeremiah — Jeremiah overview

A. 1–9 The Drought: Nobles Send Their Little Ones for Water
B. 10–16 The Prophets Who Prophesy Lies in My Name
C. 17–22 Let Mine Eyes Run Down with Tears Night and Day

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Jeremiah 83 verses
- Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Jeremiah 8:15We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Jeremiah 8:21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
- Read Jeremiah 8 →
Joel 13 verses
- Joel 1:11Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
- Joel 1:18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Joel 1:19To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
- Read Joel 1 →
Jeremiah 33 verses
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 3:17At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
- Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
- Read Jeremiah 3 →
Jeremiah 172 verses
- Jeremiah 17:8He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Read Jeremiah 17 →

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Jeremiah 22 verses
- Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
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Jeremiah 142 verses
- Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 14:20We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
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Jeremiah 112 verses
- Jeremiah 11:11Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 11:14As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
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Proverbs 12 verses
- Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.