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Tearful Jeremiah sits beside exhausted villagers and empty grain baskets at sunset.
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Jeremiah 14:17-18

Tears without ceasing

The Drought and the Prayer for Rain · Jeremiah 14

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17And you shall say to them this word: ‘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 breaking, with a very grievous wound.’

18If I go out into the field, look—those slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, look—those sick with famine! For both prophet and priest wander through the land and do not know what to do.

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