Jeremiah 27:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If I really had spoken to those prophets, they would know what I am going to do. Then they would be begging me not to let everything else be taken from the temple and the king's palace and the rest of Jerusalem.

Cross References

Genesis 20:17

Meanwhile, God had kept Abimelech's wife and slaves from having children. But Abraham prayed, and God let them start having children again.

1 Kings 18:24

The prophets of Baal will pray to their god, and I will pray to the LORD. The one who answers by starting the fire is God. “That's a good idea,” everyone agreed.

1 Kings 18:26

They chose their bull, then they got it ready and prayed to Baal all morning, asking him to start the fire. They danced around the altar and shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” But there was no answer.

2 Chronicles 32:20

Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz asked the LORD for help,

Jeremiah 15:1

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.

Jeremiah 18:20

I tried to help them, but they are paying me back by digging a pit to trap me. I even begged you not to punish them.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.

Jeremiah 7:16

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

Ezekiel 14:14

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living in that nation, their faithfulness would not save anyone but themselves.

Ezekiel 22:30

I looked for someone to defend the city and to protect it from my anger, as well as to stop me from destroying it. But I found no one.

Malachi 1:9

I am the LORD God All-Powerful, and you had better try to please me. You have sinned. Now see if I will have mercy on any of you.

1 Samuel 12:19

They told Samuel, “Please, pray to the LORD your God for us! We don't want to die. We have sinned many times in the past, and we were very wrong to ask for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:23

I would be disobeying the LORD if I stopped praying for you! I will always teach you how to live right.

1 Samuel 7:8

“Don't stop praying!” they told Samuel. “Ask the LORD our God to rescue us.”