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Jeremiah 7:16

New American Bible - revised edition

You, now, must not intercede for this people! Do not raise a cry or prayer in their behalf! Do not press me, for I will not listen to you!

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Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

Let me alone, then, that my anger may burn against them to consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation.

When you spread out your hands, I will close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!

Now, you must not intercede for this people; do not raise on their behalf a cry or prayer! I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their disaster.

The Lord said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them away from me and let them go.

It is you who have disowned me—oracle of the Lord— turned your back upon me; I stretched out my hand to destroy you, because I was weary of relenting.

Must good be repaid with evil that they should dig a pit to take my life? Remember that I stood before you to speak on their behalf, to turn your wrath away from them.

Because of this the earth shall mourn, the heavens above shall darken; I have spoken, I will not change my mind, I have decided, I will not turn back.

Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem?

When they cry to the Lord, he will not answer them; He will hide his face from them at that time, because of the evil they have done.

Let me be, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens. I will then make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.

If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray.




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