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Jeremiah 11:14

Contemporary English Version 1995

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!

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Jeremiah, don't pray for these people! I, the Lord, would refuse to listen.

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.

Suppose you see one of our people commit a sin that isn't a deadly sin. You can pray, and this person will be given eternal life. But the sin must not be one that is deadly.

The Lord said, “Jeremiah, don't ask me to help these people.

and I'm angry enough to destroy them, so don't try to stop me. But I will make your descendants into a great nation.

If my thoughts had been sinful, he would have refused to hear me.

You offer sheep and cattle as sacrifices to me, but I have turned away and refuse to be found.

The Lord said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel were here, praying with you, I wouldn't change my mind. So send the people of Judah away.

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.”

And what else are you doing? You cry noisily and flood the Lord's altar with your tears, because he isn't pleased with your offerings and refuses to accept them.

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.”




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