Jeremías 14:12

12 Cuando ayunen, no escucharé su clamor; cuando ofrezcan holocausto y ofrenda de cereal, no los aceptaré; sino que con espada, con hambre y con pestilencia los destruiré.

Jeremías 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 14:12

When they fast, I will not hear their cry
Or, "though they fast" ^F11; very probably on account of the want of rain, and the dearth or famine, a fast was proclaimed; see ( Jeremiah 36:9 ) , when they prayed and cried aloud, and made a great noise; but their prayers being hypocritical, and not arising from a pure heart, or offered up in faith and love, were not heard and accepted by the Lord: and when they offer burnt offerings and an oblation;
or a meat or bread offering, which went along with the burnt offering; thinking by those outward things to atone for their sins, without true repentance for them, or faith in the atoning sacrifice of Christ: I will not accept them;
neither their offerings, nor their persons: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence;
the Lord not only determines the continuance of the famine, notwithstanding the prayers of the prophet; but adds two other judgments, the sword and pestilence, by which he was resolved to consume them; and therefore it was to no purpose to pray to him on their behalf, he was inexorable.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (wmuy yk) "quamvis jejunant", Gataker.

Jeremías 14:12 In-Context

10 Así dice el SEÑOR de este pueblo: ¡Cómo les ha gustado vagar! No han refrenado sus pies. El SEÑOR, pues, no los acepta; ahora se acordará El de su iniquidad y castigará sus pecados.

11 Y el SEÑOR me dijo: No ruegues por el bienestar de este pueblo.

12 Cuando ayunen, no escucharé su clamor; cuando ofrezcan holocausto y ofrenda de cereal, no los aceptaré; sino que con espada, con hambre y con pestilencia los destruiré.

13 Y yo dije: ¡Ah, Señor DIOS! He aquí, los profetas les dicen: "No veréis espada ni tendréis hambre, sino que os daré paz verdadera en este lugar."

14 Entonces el SEÑOR me dijo: Mentira profetizan los profetas en mi nombre. Yo no los he enviado, ni les he dado órdenes, ni les he hablado; visión falsa, adivinación, vanidad y engaño de sus corazones ellos os profetizan.