Geremia 7:16

16 E tu, non pregar per questo popolo, e non prendere a gridare, o a fare orazione per loro; e non intercedere appo me; perciocchè io non ti esaudirò.

Geremia 7:16 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:16

Therefore pray not thou for this people
These are the words of the Lord to the Prophet Jeremiah, forbidding him to pray for the people of the Jews; which he either was doing, or about to do, and which, from the great affection he had for them, he was inclined unto; wherefore, to show how much the Lord was displeased with them, and how determined he was to punish them with captivity, he orders the prophet not to make any supplication for them: neither lift up cry nor prayer for them;
referring to the gestures of lifting up the eyes and hands in prayer, and also to the frame of the heart, in the exercise of faith and holy confidence: "cry" and "prayer" are put together, because prayer is sometimes made, especially when persons are in great distress, with strong cryings and tears; see ( Hebrews 5:7 ) : neither make intercession to me;
or, "meet me" ^F15; or come between him and this people, and so act the part of a mediator, of which office intercession is a branch; it properly belongs to Christ. The Jews say

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 there is no (heygp) , "meeting", but prayer, or that is always intended by it; for proof of which they cite this passage: for I will not hear thee;
on the behalf of them, being so highly provoked by them, and determined they should go into captivity; see ( Jeremiah 15:1 ) .
F15 (yb egpt law) "et ne oecurras mihi", Calvin; "et ne obsistas mihi", V. L. "et ne intervenias apud me", Tigurine version.
F16 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 26. 2. Taanith, fol. 7. 2. & 8. 1. Sota, fol. 14. 1. & Sanhedrin, fol. 95. 2.

Geremia 7:16 In-Context

14 io farò a questa Casa, che si chiama del mio Nome, nella quale voi vi confidate; ed al luogo, che io ho dato a voi, ed ai vostri padri, come già feci a Silo.

15 E vi scaccerò dal mio cospetto, come ho scacciati i vostri fratelli, tutta la progenie di Efraim.

16 E tu, non pregar per questo popolo, e non prendere a gridare, o a fare orazione per loro; e non intercedere appo me; perciocchè io non ti esaudirò.

17 Non vedi tu quel che fanno nelle città di Giuda, e nelle piazze di Gerusalemme?

18 I figliuoli ricolgono le legne, e i padri accendono il fuoco, e le donne intridono la pasta, per far focacce alla regina del cielo, e per fare offerte da spandere ad altri dii, per dispettarmi.