Jeremiah 14:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² “When they fast, I do not hear their cry. And when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them. Instead, I am consuming them by sword, and by scarcity of food, and by pestilence.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offering and cereal offering [without heartfelt surrender to Me, or by offering it too late], I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

American Standard Version (1901)

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, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Common English Bible

¹² When they fast, I won’t pay attention to their pleas, and when they offer entirely burned offerings and grain offerings, I won’t accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence."

Jeremiah 14:12 Cross References

Job 27:9

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Proverbs 1:28

“Let them then call on me, but I answer not; Let them seek me, but not find me.

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The slaughtering of the wrong is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wickedness!

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, Even his prayer is an abomination.

Isaiah 58:3

They say, ‘Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our beings, and You took no note?’ “Look, in the day of your fasting you find pleasure, and drive on all your labourers.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus said יהוה, “See, I am bringing evil on them which they are unable to escape. Then they shall cry out to Me, but I shall not listen to them.

Jeremiah 11:14

“And you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I do not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their evil.

Jeremiah 15:1

And יהוה  said to me, “Even if Mosheh and Shemu’ĕ

Jeremiah 16:4

“They shall die of deaths from diseases, they shall not be lamented nor be buried, but be like dung on the face of the earth, and be consumed by sword and by scarcity of food. And their corpses shall be meat for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.”

Jeremiah 21:6

“And I shall smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast – let them die of a great pestilence.

Jeremiah 24:10

‘And I shall send the sword, the scarcity of food, and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”

Jeremiah 32:24

‘See the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it. And the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and the scarcity of food and the pestilence. And what You have spoken has come about, and look, You see it!

Jeremiah 6:20

“What need have I of frankincense from Sheḇ

Jeremiah 8:13

“I shall snatch them away,” declares יהוה. “There are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf has faded. And what I gave them shall pass away from them.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 9:16

“And I shall scatter them among the gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I shall send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”

Ezekiel 14:19

“Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and I shall pour out My wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast,

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus said the Master יהוה, “How much more it shall be when I send My four evil judgments on Yerushalayim: the sword and scarcity of food and evil beasts and pestilence, to cut off man and beast from it?

Ezekiel 8:18

“Therefore I shall indeed deal in wrath. My eye shall not pardon nor would I spare. And they shall cry in My ears with a loud voice, but I shall not hear them.”

Hosea 5:6

“With their flocks and herds they go to seek יהוה, but do not find Him – He has withdrawn from them.

Amos 5:21

“I have hated, I have despised your festivals, and I am not pleased with your assemblies.

Micah 3:4

Therefore, when they cry to יהוה  He does not answer them, and hides His face from them at that time, as they have made their deeds evil.

Zechariah 7:13

“And it came to be: as He called and they did not hear, so let them call, but I shall not hear,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Malachi 1:10

“Who among you who would shut the doors, so that you would not kindle fire on My altar for naught? I have no pleasure in you,” said יהוה  of hosts, “Nor do I accept an offering from your hands.

Malachi 2:13

And this you have done a second time: you cover the altar of יהוה  with tears, with weeping and crying, because He no longer regards the offering, nor receives it with pleasure from your hands.

Revelation 6:8

And I looked and saw a pale horse. And he who sat on it had the name Death, and the grave followed with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.