1 The word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) that came to Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed] concerning the famine.

2 Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] is gone up.

3 And 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.

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

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

6 And 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.

7 O LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), though our iniquities testify against us, do youi [it] for youi name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against youi.

8 O the hope of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why should youi be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turns aside to wait for a night?

9 Why should youi be as a man astonished, as a mighty man [that] cannot save? yet youi, O LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), [are] in the midst of us, and we are called by youi name; leave us not.

10 Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) does not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

11 Then said the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.

12 When 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.

13 Then said I, Ah, Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER)! behold, the prophets say unto them, You2f shall not see the sword, neither shall you2f have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

14 Then the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their heart.

15 Therefore thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) 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.

16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] 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.

17 Therefore youi shall say this word unto 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 (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet), with a very grievous blow.

18 If 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! yes, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

19 Have youi utterly rejected Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]? has youri soul loathed Tziyon [parched place]? why have youi 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!

20 We acknowledge, O LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against youi.

21 Do not abhor [us], for youri name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of youri glory: remember, break not youri covenant with us.

22 Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [are] not youi he, O LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]? therefore we will wait upon youi: for youi have made all these [things].