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Jeremiah 14:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us. "
Jeremiah 14:21
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19 Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
20 We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
21 Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, the LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
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Jeremiah 14:1
"This is the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:"
Jeremiah 14:2
"“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up."
Jeremiah 14:3
"Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads."
Jeremiah 14:4
"Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads."
Jeremiah 14:5
"Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass."
Jeremiah 14:6
"The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation."
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