The Word Of The LORD That Came To Jeremiah Concerning The Dearth

[WalterandDebbie]

Monday 6-22-20, Sivan 29, 5780, 2nd. day of the weekly cycle, 2nd. Summer day

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth

Jeremiah Fourteen:1-22 Judah's Is Dearth Described vs.1-6, Jeremiah's First Intercession
7-12, Jeremiah's Second Intercession vs.13-18, Jeremiah's Third Intercession vs.19-22

◄ Jeremiah Fourteen ►
King James Bible Par ▾

Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence

1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

7O 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.

8O 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?

9Why 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.

10Thus 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. 11Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. 12When 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.

13Then 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. 14Then 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. 15Therefore 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. 16And 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.

17Therefore 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.

18If 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.

A Prayer for Mercy

19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

21Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Jeremiah Fifteen:1-21 GOD Encourages Jeremiah

Love always, Walter and Debbie

 

[Pearl]

What does it mean?

 

[WalterandDebbie]

What does it mean?

Hi Pearl and how are you all? You asked a good question with all this going on in our day, but I personally think, reading from these verses, back then it was Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence, and A Prayer for Mercy.

But what this mean to me is that, GOD is in full control of this universe, I think we as true Christians should come together and do exactly what Jeremiah did in his day, because we are serving the same GOD.

Here is what someone else said of the same context:

Thank you for these timely verses. The question is, do we identify with them? Do we comprehend not only what is being said but who it is being said to?

The Laodecians could not see their sin just as these in these verses. We have been taught that grace makes it impossible for us to be talked about to as these people of God were. The sad truth is, we are more guilty than the Jews. We have been given more than them, and yet have settled for forgiveness alone, with no heart yearning to be changed into His image, no inward pull to lose our lives so that Christ can reign in us and be seen by the world through us. To whom much is given, much is required, and yet such words draw ridicule as those of legalist, and we bare with them.

We have equated effort with legalism, assuming holiness and perfection to be the same, and since perfection is impossible, we have not set our hearts on walking as holy children and thus rested short of taking the land of promise.

God is once again calling to us in these last hours to only acknowledge our iniquities, that our hearts are far from Him. His name may be on our lips and in our minds..... but our hearts are OURS, not His.

Shakings the likes of which we cannot comprehend are coming. The time to seek Him with everything we have is not tomorrow, but today. I pray we have ears to hear.

blessings,

Now Pearl, if you will, tell me, what are your views from these verses, but what does this context mean to you?

And If you want to, here is the commentary on the OP:

Jeremiah 14:1 - That which came... - Verse-by-Verse Commentary

Love always, Walter and Debbie