Jeremiah 7:16

7:16 Then the Lord said, ¹  “As for you, Jeremiah, ²  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, ³  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.” ⁴  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, ⁵  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. ⁶  For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.” ⁷ 

[7:16]  ¹ tn The words “Then the Lord said” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[7:16]  ² tn Heb “As for you.” The personal name Jeremiah is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[7:16]  ³ 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.

[37:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[11:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “you.”

[11:14]  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.

[11:14]  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.