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Jeremiah 7:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear "
Jeremiah 7:16
Verse in Context
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Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear
Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
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Jeremiah 7:1
"The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 7:2
"Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD."
Jeremiah 7:3
"Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place."
Jeremiah 7:4
"Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD,"
Jeremiah 7:5
"For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;"
Jeremiah 7:6
"If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:"
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