Jeremiah 11:14
Therefore, do not thou pray for this people, and do not take up praise and prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time of their cry to me, in the time of their affliction.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 32:10Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation.
Proverbs 26:24An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit.
Jeremiah 11:11Wherefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring in evils upon them, which they shall not be able to escape: and they shall cry to me, and I will not hearken to them.
Jeremiah 14:12When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence.
Hosea 5:6With their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 11:12-18
Deplorable Condition of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. 12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. 13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets… Read the whole commentary →