Jeremiah 14

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Drought and a Prayer for Mercy

14 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah regarding the ^(A)drought:

²“Judah mourns
And ^(B)her gates languish;
Her people sit on the ground ^(C)in mourning garments,
And the ^(D)cry of Jerusalem has ascended.
³Their nobles have ^(E)sent their ^[a]servants for water;
They have come to the ^(F)cisterns and found no water.
They have returned with their containers empty;
They have been ^(G)put to shame and humiliated,
And they ^(H)cover their heads,
⁴Because the ^(I)ground is ^[b]cracked,
For there has been ^(J)no rain on the land.
The ^(K)farmers have been put to shame,
They have covered their heads.
⁵For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,
Because there is ^(L)no grass.
⁶The ^(M)wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
They pant for air like jackals,
Their eyes fail
Because there is ^(N)no vegetation.
⁷Though our ^(O)wrongdoings testify against us,
Lord, act ^(P)for the sake of Your name!
Our ^(Q)apostasies have indeed been many,
We have ^(R)sinned against You.
⁸^(S)Hope of Israel,
Its ^(T)Savior in ^(U)time of distress,
Why are You like a stranger in the land,
Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?
⁹Why are You like a confused person,
Like a warrior who ^(V)cannot save?
Yet ^(W)You are in our midst, Lord,
And we are ^(X)called by Your name;
Do not leave us!”

¹⁰This is what the Lord says to this people: “So much they have ^(Y)loved to wander; they have not ^(Z)restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does ^(AA)not accept them; now He will ^(AB)remember their wrongdoing and call their sins to account.” ¹¹So the Lord said to me, “^(AC)Do not pray for a good outcome on behalf of this people. ¹²When they fast, I am ^(AD)not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer ^(AE)burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather, I am going to ^(AF)put an end to them by the ^(AG)sword, famine, and plague.”

False Prophets

¹³But I said, “Oh, Lord ^[c]God! Behold, the prophets are telling them, ‘You ^(AH)will not see a sword, nor will you have famine; on the contrary, I will give you lasting ^(AI)peace in this place.’” ¹⁴Then the Lord said to me, “The ^(AJ)prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. ^(AK)I have neither sent them nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a ^(AL)false vision, divination, futility, and the deception of their own ^[d]minds. ¹⁵Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying: ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—^(AM)by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end! ¹⁶And the people to whom they are prophesying will be ^(AN)thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to ^(AO)bury them—neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will ^(AP)pour out their own wickedness upon them.

¹⁷You will say this word to them,
‘^(AQ)Let my eyes stream down tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin ^(AR)daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely ^(AS)infected wound.
¹⁸If I ^(AT)go out to the country,
There are those killed by the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
There are diseases from famine!
For ^(AU)both prophet and priest
Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’”

¹⁹Have You completely ^(AV)rejected Judah?
Or have ^[e]You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we ^(AW)are beyond healing?
We ^(AX)waited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
²⁰We ^(AY)know our wickedness, Lord,
The wrongdoing of our fathers, for ^(AZ)we have sinned against You.
²¹Do not despise us, ^(BA)for the sake of Your own name;
Do not disgrace the ^(BB)throne of Your glory.
Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.
²²Are there any among the ^[f]^(BC)idols of the nations who ^(BD)give rain?
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, Lord our God?
Therefore we ^(BE)wait for You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.

Footnotes

Jeremiah 14:3 Lit little ones
Jeremiah 14:4 Lit shattered
Jeremiah 14:13 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Jeremiah 14:14 Lit heart
Jeremiah 14:19 Lit Your soul
Jeremiah 14:22 Lit futilities

Matthew 28

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Jesus Is Risen!

28 ^(A)Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, ^(B)Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb. ²And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for ^(C)an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away ^(D)the stone, and sat upon it. ³And ^(E)his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. ⁴The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men. ⁵And the angel said to the women, “^[a]^(F)Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. ⁶He is not here, for He has risen, ^(G)just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. ⁷And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you ^(H)to Galilee. There you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

⁸And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples. ⁹And behold, Jesus met them ^[b]and said, “^[c]Rejoice!” And they came up and took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him. ¹⁰Then Jesus *said to them, “^[d]^(I)Do not be afraid; go, bring word to ^(J)My brothers to leave ^(K)for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

¹¹Now while they were on their way, some of ^(L)the men from the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened. ¹²And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, ¹³and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴And if this comes to ^(M)the governor’s ears, we will appease him and ^[e]keep you out of trouble.” ¹⁵And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely ^(N)spread among the Jews and is ^(O)to this day.

The Great Commission

¹⁶But the eleven disciples proceeded ^(P)to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated to them. ¹⁷And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but ^(Q)some ^[f]were doubtful. ¹⁸And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “^(R)All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. ¹⁹^[g]^(S)Go, therefore, and ^(T)make disciples of ^(U)all the nations, ^(V)baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them to ^[h]follow all that I commanded you; and behold, ^(W)I am with you ^[i]always, to ^(X)the end of the age.”