Jeremiah 14:12

New Century Version

Even if they fast, I will not listen to their prayers. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy the people of Judah with war, hunger, and terrible diseases.”

Cross References

Job 27:9

God will not listen to their cries when trouble comes to them.

Proverbs 1:28

“Then you will call to me, but I will not answer. You will look for me, but you will not find me.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifice that the wicked offer, but he likes the prayers of honest people.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord hates sacrifices brought by evil people, particularly when they offer them for the wrong reasons.

Proverbs 28:9

If you refuse to obey what you have been taught, your prayers will not be heard.

Isaiah 58:3

They say, ‘To honor you we had special days when we fasted, but you didn’t see. We humbled ourselves to honor you, but you didn’t notice.’ ” But the Lord says, “You do what pleases yourselves on these special days, and you are unfair to your workers.

Jeremiah 11:11

So this is what the Lord says: ‘I will soon bring a disaster on the people of Judah which they will not be able to escape. They will cry to me for help, but I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 11:14

“As for you, Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people or cry out for them or ask anything for them. I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: “I would not feel sorry for the people of Judah even if Moses and Samuel prayed for them. Send them away from me! Tell them to go!

Jeremiah 16:4

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

Jeremiah 21:6

I will kill everything living in Jerusalem—both people and animals. They will die from terrible diseases.

Jeremiah 24:10

I will send war, hunger, and disease against them. I will attack them until they have all been killed. Then they will no longer be in the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’ ”

Jeremiah 32:24

“Look! The enemy has surrounded the city and has built roads to the top of the walls to capture it. Because of war, hunger, and terrible diseases, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians who are attacking it. You said this would happen, and now you see it is happening.

Jeremiah 6:20

Why do you bring me offerings of incense from the land of Sheba? Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway land? Your burnt offerings will not be accepted; your sacrifices do not please me.”

Jeremiah 8:13

“ ‘I will take away their crops, says the Lord. There will be no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig tree. Even the leaves will dry up and die. I will take away what I gave them.’ ”

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them through other nations that they and their ancestors never knew about. I will chase the people of Judah with the sword until they are all killed.”

Ezekiel 14:19

“Or I might cause a disease to spread in that country. I might pour out my anger against it, destroying and killing people and animals.

Ezekiel 14:21

“This is what the Lord God says: My plans for Jerusalem are much worse! I will send my four terrible punishments against it—war, hunger, wild animals, and disease—to destroy its people and animals.

Ezekiel 8:18

So I will act in anger. I will have no pity, nor will I show mercy. Even if they shout in my ears, I won’t listen to them.”

Hosea 5:6

They will come to worship the Lord, bringing their flocks and herds, but they will not be able to find him, because he has left them.

Amos 5:21

The Lord says, “I hate and reject your feasts; I cannot stand your religious meetings.

Micah 3:4

They will cry to the Lord, but he won’t answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them, because what they have done is evil.”

Zechariah 7:13

“ ‘When I called to them, they would not listen. So when they called to me, I would not listen,’ says the Lord All-Powerful.

Malachi 1:10

“I wish one of you would close the Temple doors so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you and will not accept your gifts,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Malachi 2:13

This is another thing you do. You cover the Lord’s altar with your tears. You cry and moan, because he does not accept your offerings and is not pleased with what you bring.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill people by war, by starvation, by disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.