8月18日
耶利米書14章1-6節
現代中文譯本2019
14:1 上主告訴我旱災的事：
14:2 猶大悲鳴，城鎮敗落，居民躺在地上哀傷；耶路撒冷哭號求助。
14:3 富戶差奴僕去打水；他們到池旁卻找不到水，帶著空水罐回來。他們蒙著頭，又失望又狼狽。
14:4 天不降雨，大地龜裂；農夫蒙著頭失望。
14:5 野地的母鹿拋棄新生的小鹿；因為沒有草料。
14:6 野驢站在山岡上，像野狗喘著氣；因為沒有草吃，牠們的視力衰退了。
ESV
14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
14:2 “Judah mourns, and her gates languish; her people lament on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
14:3 Her nobles send their servants for water; they come to the cisterns; they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded and cover their heads.
14:4 Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
14:5 Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
14:6 The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no vegetation.
今天的經文中，主要是描述猶大遭遇旱災導致的飢荒之慘狀。人與野獸都一樣悽慘。 14:1-15:9 是群體哀悼辭令詩，包括哀歌及回應，但這段與一般反問式辭令（參 代下 20:5-17 ）不同，答案是肯定性的（上帝預言百姓一定會受苦到底）。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=14&sec=1
