Jeremiah 7:16-20
Lexham English Bible
16 “And you, you must not pray for this people, and you must not lift up for them a cry of entreaty or a prayer, and you must not plead with me, for I will not hear you. 17 Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children are gathering wood, and the fathers are kindling the fire, and the women are kneading dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven, and they pour out libations to other gods for the sake of provoking me to anger. 19 Are they provoking me to anger? ” declares[a] Yahweh, “Is it not themselves they hurt, for the sake of the shame of their faces?” 20 Therefore[b] thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Look, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on the humankind, and on the animal, and on the tree of the field, and on the fruit of the ground, and it will not be extinguished.”
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- Jeremiah 7:19 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 7:20 Literally “To thus”
Jeremiah 7:16-20
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. 19 But are they really provoking me?” (E) This is the Lord’s declaration. “Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace?”
20 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Look, my anger—my burning wrath—is about to be poured out on this place,(F) on people and animals, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.”(G)
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- 7:18 = a pagan goddess
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