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“So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.
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Jeremiah’s Prayer
Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.
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“Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.
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Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
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Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
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Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
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They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
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“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:
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King Zedekiah, however, sent Jehukal son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”
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Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray to the Lord your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left.
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Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”
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“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you.”
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that you made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.’
