Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Jeremiah 14

Jer 14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

dearth [drought]

The significance of a drought at this time was very great. It was one of the signs predicted in the Palestinian Covenant (Deu 28:23, 24), and already fulfilled in part in the reign of Ahab (1Ki 17:1, etc.). As that sign had been followed, even though after a long interval, by the Assyrian captivity of the northern kingdom, it should have been received by Judah as a most solemn warning.

Jer 14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

Bible prayers (O.T.). Eze 9:8. (Gen 15:2; Hab 3:1-16.)

Jer 14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

O the hope of Israel

Jer 17:13.

Jer 14:9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

that cannot save

Isa 59:1.

art in the midst of us

Exo 29:45, 46; Lev 26:11, 12.

Jer 14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

they loved to wander

See Jer 2:23-25.

Jer 14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

Pray not for this people

Jer 7:16; 11:14; Exo 32:10.

Jer 14:12 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.

I will not hear their cry

Jer 11:11; Pro 1:28; Isa 1:15; 58:3; Eze 8:18; Mic 3:4; Zec 7:13.

Jer 14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

peace in this place

1Th 5:2, 3.

Jer 14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem 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.

they shall have none to bury them

Psa 79:3.

Jer 14:18 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! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

the field…the slain with the sword

Eze 7:15.

Jer 14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

we have sinned against thee

Psa 106:6; Dan 9:8.

Jer 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

the vanities of the Gentiles

Deu 32:21.