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Zechariah 7:13

Conservative English Version

and said, "You people paid no attention when I called out to you, and now I'll pay no attention when you call out to me."

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If you won't help the poor, don't expect to be heard when you cry out for help.

God cannot stand the prayers of anyone who disobeys his Law.

"No matter how much you pray, I won't listen. You are too violent.

I came and called out, but you didn't answer. Have I lost my power to rescue and save? At my command oceans and rivers turn into deserts; fish rot and stink for lack of water.

They have sinned in the same way their ancestors did, by turning from me and worshiping other gods. The northern kingdom of Israel broke the agreement I made with your ancestors, and now the southern kingdom of Judah has done the same.

Here is what I've decided to do. I will bring suffering on the people of Judah and Jerusalem, and no one will escape. They will beg me to help, but I won't listen to their prayers.

Jeremiah, don't pray for these people or beg me to rescue them. If you do, I won't listen, and I certainly won't listen if they pray!

They may even go without eating and offer sacrifices to please me and to give thanks. But when they cry out for my help, I won't listen, and I won't accept their sacrifices. Instead, I'll send war, starvation, and disease to wipe them out."

Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up.

Jeremiah, no matter what you do, the people won't listen.

You are behind a wall of clouds that blocks out our prayers.

Ezekiel, son of man, these men have started worshiping idols, though they know it will cause them to sin even more. So I refuse to give them a message!

Ezekiel, son of man, these leaders have come to find out what I want them to do. As surely as I live, I will not give them an answer of any kind.

So in my fierce anger, I will punish them without mercy and refuse to help them when they cry out to me."

Someday you will beg the LORD to help you, but he will turn away because of your sins.

Once the owner of the house gets up and locks the door, you will be left standing outside. You will knock on the door and say, "Sir, open the door for us!" But the owner will answer, "I don't know a thing about you!"

Yet even when you do pray, your prayers are not answered, because you pray just for selfish reasons.




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