Jeremiah 14:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Although they fast, I do not hear their cry, and although they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them, but by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence I consume them.

Cross References

Job 27:9

Will God hear their cry when trouble comes upon them?

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when brought with evil intent.

Proverbs 28:9

When one will not listen to the law, even one’s prayers are an abomination.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day and oppress all your workers.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore, thus says the Lord, assuredly I am going to bring disaster upon them that they cannot escape; though they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 11:14

As for you, do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Jeremiah 16:4

They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried; they shall become like dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall become food for the birds of the air and for the wild animals of the earth.

Jeremiah 21:6

And I will strike down the inhabitants of this city, both humans and animals; they shall die of a great pestilence.

Jeremiah 24:10

And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them until they are utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their ancestors.

Jeremiah 32:24

See, the siege ramps have been cast up against the city to take it, and the city, faced with sword, famine, and pestilence, has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has happened, as you yourself can see.

Jeremiah 6:20

Of what use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Jeremiah 8:13

I will surely gather them, says the Lord; there are no grapes on the vine nor figs on the fig tree; even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them.

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.

Ezekiel 14:19

Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off humans and animals from it,

Ezekiel 14:21

Therefore thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four deadly acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild animals, and pestilence, to cut off humans and animals from it!

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will act in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, and though they cry in my hearing with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”

Hosea 5:6

With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time because they have acted wickedly.

Zechariah 7:13

Just as, when I called, they would not hear, so, when they called, I would not hear, says the Lord of hosts,

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that someone among you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.

Malachi 2:13

And this you do as well: You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor at your hand.

Revelation 6:8

I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.