Jeremiah 14:14-18

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¹⁴Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies^(A) in my name. I have not sent^(B) them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,^(C) divinations,^(D) idolatries^[a] and the delusions of their own minds. ¹⁵Therefore this is what the Lord says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ Those same prophets will perish^(E) by sword and famine.^(F) ¹⁶And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury^(G) them, their wives, their sons and their daughters.^(H) I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.^(I)

¹⁷“Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears^(J)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin^(K) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.^(L)
¹⁸If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.^(M)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.^(N)’”