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Jeremiah 14:11 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good. "
Jeremiah 14:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
9 Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.
10 The LORD says to this people: “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish them for their sins.”
11 The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.
12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
13 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither will you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”
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Jeremiah 14:1
"This is the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:"
Jeremiah 14:2
"“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up."
Jeremiah 14:3
"Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads."
Jeremiah 14:4
"Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads."
Jeremiah 14:5
"Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass."
Jeremiah 14:6
"The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation."
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