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Jeremiah 14:18

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If I go out into the field,
then, behold, the slain with the sword!
If I enter into the city,
then, behold, those who are sick with famine!
For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land,
and have no knowledge.’ ”

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Jeremiah 14:18 in other translations

If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 14:18 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 14:18 in context

  1. 16The people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. They will have no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters, for I will pour their wickedness on them.
  2. 17“You shall say this word to them:
    “ ‘Let my 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 wound.
  3. 18If I go out into the field,
    then, behold, the slain with the sword!
    If I enter into the city,
    then, behold, those who are sick with famine!
    For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land,
    and have no knowledge.’ ”
  4. 19Have 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!
  5. 20We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness,
    and the iniquity of our fathers;
    for we have sinned against you.