Vulgate: Jeremiah: Jeremiah Chapter 14

This is a passage from the Latin Vulgate Bible, specifically Jeremiah 14:1–22, a prophetic lament belonging to the Hebrew prophetic tradition. The text centers on a catastrophic drought devastating Judah: nobles send servants for water and find none, farmers despair, and wild animals abandon their young because the land has no grass. The prophet Jeremiah intercedes, appealing to God not to abandon his people despite their sins, invoking God's own name and covenant as grounds for mercy. God's response is notably harsh: he refuses to hear their prayers or accept their sacrifices, declaring that sword, famine, and plague will consume them — a punishment framed as the consequence of persistent faithlessness. A significant sub-argument targets false prophets who reassure the people with promises of peace; God explicitly disavows them and announces they will share in the catastrophe they denied. The passage closes with a communal confession of sin and a theologically pointed question — since only God, not idols, can send rain, will he not relent? — making the drought simultaneously a physical crisis and a theological argument for exclusive dependence on Israel's God.

Vulgate: Jeremiah: Jeremiah Chapter 14

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