Jeremiah 14:11

And Yahweh said unto me,—Do not pray for this people for blessing;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

In Context

10Thus, saith Yahweh To this people In this way, have they loved to wander, Their feet, have they not restrained,—Yahweh, therefore hath not accepted them, Now, will he call to mind their iniquity,—That he may punish their sins.

12Though they fast, I am not going to hearken unto their loud cry, and Though they offer ascending-sacrifice and meal-offering, I am not going to accept them,—For with sword and with famine and with pestilence, am, I, about to consume them.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32Now, therefore, if thou wilt forgive their sin, …but if not, blot me I pray thee out of thy book, which thou hast written,

Jeremiah 11:14Thou, therefore do not pray for this people, Neither lift thou up for them cry or prayer,—For I am not going to hear in the time that they cry unto me concerning their calamity.

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 →

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