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"And you, Jeremiah, don't waste your time praying for this people. Don't offer to make petitions or intercessions. Don't bother me with them. I'm not listening.
16
"As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not offer a cry or a prayer on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
Jeremiah 7:16 In-Context
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Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors.
15
I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’
16
“So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.
17
Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18
The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger.
Cross References 2
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S Exodus 32:10; Deuteronomy 9:14; Jeremiah 15:1