Jeremiah 7:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “And you, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me, for I do not hear you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Therefore do not pray for this people [of Judah] or lift up a cry or entreaty for them or make intercession to Me, for I will not listen to or hear you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ As for you, don’t pray for these people, don’t cry out or plead for them, and don’t intercede with me, for I won’t listen to you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Therefore, you should not pray for this people, nor take up praise and supplication on their behalf. And you should not stand in opposition to me. For then I will not heed you.

Jeremiah 7:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

and Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏ

Exodus 32:10

“And now, let Me alone, that My wrath might burn against them and I consume them and I make of you a great nation.”

Isaiah 1:15

“And when you spread out your hands, I hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I do not hear. Your hands have become filled with blood.

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 15:6

“You who have forsaken Me,” declares יהוה, “you have gone backward. Therefore I shall stretch out My hand against you and destroy you. I have been weary of relenting!

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, and to turn away Your wrath from them.

Jeremiah 4:28

“On account of this, let the earth mourn and the heavens above be dark, because I have spoken, because I have purposed and shall not relent, nor do I turn back from it.”

Jeremiah 7:17

“Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Yehuḏ

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.

Deuteronomy 9:14

‘Leave Me alone, so that I destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens, and make of you a nation stronger and greater than they.’

1 John 5:16

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin, not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for those not sinning unto death. There is a sin unto death. I do not say that he should pray about that.