Jeremiah 14:12

14:12 Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. ¹  Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.” ² 

Jeremiah 7:16

7:16 Then the Lord said, ³  “As for you, Jeremiah, ⁴  do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, ⁵  because I will not listen to you.

Jeremiah 37:14

37:14 Jeremiah answered, “That’s a lie! I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” ⁶  But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah put Jeremiah under arrest and took him to the officials.

Jeremiah 11:14

11:14 So, Jeremiah, ⁷  do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them. ⁸  For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.” ⁹ 

¹ sn See 6:16-20 for parallels.

² tn Heb “through sword, starvation, and plague.”

³ tn The words “Then the Lord said” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “As for you.” The personal name Jeremiah is supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn The words “to save them” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

⁷ tn Heb “you.”

⁸ tn The words “to save them” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tc The rendering “when disaster strikes them” is based on reading “at the time of” (בְּעֵת, bÿ’et) with a number of Hebrew mss and the versions instead of “on account of” (בְּעַד, bÿ’ad). W. L. Holladay (Jeremiah [Hermeneia], 1:347) is probably right in assuming that the MT has been influenced by “for them” (בַעֲדָם, va’adam) earlier in the verse.