Jeremiah 14:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

They might begin to fast and pray to me, but I will not listen to their prayers. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. I will destroy the people of Judah with war. I will take away their food, and they will starve. And I will destroy them with terrible diseases.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 8:18

I will show them my anger! I will not show them any mercy or feel sorry for them! They will shout to me—but I refuse to listen to them!”

Jeremiah 11:11

So this is what the Lord says: “I will soon make something terrible happen to the people of Judah. They will not be able to escape. They will be sorry and cry to me for help, but I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 6:20

“Why do you bring me incense from the country of Sheba? Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway country? Your burnt offerings don’t make me happy. Your sacrifices don’t please me.”

Proverbs 1:28

“Fools will call for me, but I will not answer. They will look for me, but they will not find me.

Zechariah 7:13

So the Lord All-Powerful said, “I called to them, and they did not answer. So now, if they call to me, I will not answer.

Micah 3:4

Then you will pray to the Lord, but he will not answer you. No, he will hide his face from you, because what you do is evil.”

Ezekiel 14:21

Then the Lord GOD said, “So think how bad it will be for Jerusalem. I will send all four of those punishments against that city! I will send enemy soldiers, hunger, disease, and wild animals against that city. I will remove all the people and animals from that country.

Jeremiah 24:10

I will bring war, famine, and disease against them. I will attack them until they have all been killed. Then they will no longer be on the land that I gave to them and to their ancestors.”

Jeremiah 16:4

“They will die from terrible disease. And no one will cry for them or bury them. Their bodies will lie on the ground like dung. Or they will die in war or starve to death. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth.”

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter the people of Judah throughout other nations. They will live in strange nations that they and their fathers never knew about. I will send men with swords. They will kill the people of Judah. They will kill them until all the people are gone.”

Isaiah 58:3

They say, “We fast to show honor to you. Why don’t you see us? We starve our bodies to show honor to you. Why don’t you notice us?” But God says, “You do things to please yourselves on those special days of fasting. And you punish your servants, not your own bodies.

Proverbs 28:9

When people do not listen to God’s teachings, he does not listen to their prayers.

Proverbs 21:27

God hates sacrifices from the wicked, especially when their reason for offering them is evil.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the offerings of the wicked, but he is happy to hear the prayers of those who live right.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there before me was a pale-colored horse. The rider on the horse was death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth—power to kill people with the sword, by starving, by disease, and with the wild animals of the earth.

Job 27:9

When they have troubles and cry out for help, God will not listen to them!

Jeremiah 8:13

“‘I will take away their fruit and crops so that there will be no harvest, says the Lord. There will be no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig tree. Even the leaves will become dry and die. I will take away the things I gave them.’”

Jeremiah 21:6

I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, both people and animals. They will die from a terrible disease that will spread all through the city.

Jeremiah 32:24

“And now the enemy has surrounded the city. They are building ramps so that they can get over the walls of Jerusalem and capture it. Because of war, hunger, and disease, the city of Jerusalem will fall to the Babylonian army. The Babylonians are attacking the city now. You said this would happen, and now you see it is happening.

Ezekiel 14:19

“Or I might send a disease against that country. I will pour my anger down on the people. I will remove all the people and animals from that country.

Hosea 5:6

“The leaders of the people went to look for the Lord. They took their sheep and cattle with them, but they did not find the Lord because he refused to accept them.

Amos 5:21

“I hate your festivals; I will not accept them. I don’t enjoy your religious meetings.

Malachi 1:10

“I wish one of you would close the Temple doors to stop the lighting of useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you. I will not accept your gifts.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

Malachi 2:13

You can cry and cover the Lord’s altar with tears, but the Lord will not accept your gifts. He will not be pleased with the things you bring to him.

Jeremiah 11:14

“As for you, Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people of Judah. Don’t beg for them. Don’t say prayers for them. I will not listen. They will suffer and then call to me for help, but I will not listen.

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel were here to pray for the people of Judah, I would not feel sorry for them. Send the people of Judah away from me! Tell them to go!