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Jeremiah 14:11

9 Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

13 “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
KJV
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
WEB
The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.
ASV
And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.
DARBY
And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
BLB
And YHWH said to me: “Do not pray for this people for the good.
ÅB
Og Herren sa til meg: Du skal ikke be om noe godt for dette folk.
OTB
Så instruerte Herren meg: “Ikke gå i forbønn for dette folkets velvære.
B1930
Og Herren sa til mig: Du skal ikke bede om noget godt for dette folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 7:16

    As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.

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  • Jeremiah 11:14

    As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

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  • Exodus 32:32–34

    Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

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  • Exodus 32:10

    Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

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  • Jeremiah 15:1

    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

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