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Jeremiah 14:11–12

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Judgment for Believing the Misleading Lies of the False Prophets

14:11Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for good to come to these people!2614:12Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them.27 Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”28

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Footnotes

  1. 26 Heb “on behalf of these people for benefit.”
  2. 27 See 6:16–20 for parallels.
  3. 28 Heb “through sword, starvation, and plague.” These were penalties (curses) that were to be imposed on Israel for failure to keep her covenant with God (cf. Lev 26:23–26). These three occur together fourteen other times in the book of Jeremiah.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord said to me: “Do not pray for the welfare of this people. Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people. Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of these people. If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for these people anymore. When they fast, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Yahweh said to me, “You must not pray for this people, for their happiness. Although they fast, I am not listening to their cry of entreaty. And although they present burnt offering and grain offering, I am not favorable to them. But by the sword, and by the famine, and by the plague, I am about to destroy them.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.