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Jeremiah 14:12

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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.”

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

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.’”

14 “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

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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
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
DARBY
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.
BLB
When they fast, I will not hear to their cry; and when they bring up a burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them—but by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence I will put an end to them!
ÅB
Når de faster, hører jeg ikke på deres rop, og når de ofrer brennoffer og matoffer, har jeg ikke behag i dem; men ved sverd og ved hungersnød og ved pest vil jeg gjøre ende på dem.
OTB
Selv om de faster, vil jeg ikke lytte til deres rop; selv om de tilbyr brennoffer og grødeoffer, vil jeg ikke akseptere dem. I stedet vil jeg ødelegge dem med sverd, hungersnød og pest.”
B1930
Når de faster, hører jeg ikke på deres rop, og når de ofrer brennoffer og matoffer, har jeg ikke behag i dem; men ved sverd og ved hungersnød og ved pest vil jeg gjøre ende på dem.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 11:11

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

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  • Ezekiel 8:18

    Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”

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  • Proverbs 1:28

    Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

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  • Ezekiel 14:21

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

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  • Jeremiah 6:20

    What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

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  • Micah 3:4

    Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

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  • Zechariah 7:13

    And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

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  • Jeremiah 24:10

    And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”

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