Jeremiah 14:12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
11The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
Isaiah 1:11“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
Isaiah 58:3‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your labourers.
Jeremiah 7:21The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.
Jeremiah 11:11Therefore the LORD says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on them which they will not be able to escape; and they will cry to me, but I will not listen to them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:11-17
Divine Threatenings. ( b. c. 606.) 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. 11 Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. 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.… Read the whole commentary →