Jeremiah 7:16-18

Christian Standard Bible

Do Not Pray for Judah

¹⁶ “As for you, do not pray for these people.^(A) Do not offer a cry or a prayer on their behalf, and do not beg me,^(B) for I will not listen to you.^{(C) 17} Don’t you see how they behave in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? ¹⁸ The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven,^[a](D) and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they provoke me to anger.