Verse 12
When they fast,{H6684} I will not hear{H8085} their cry;{H7440} and when they offer{H5927} burnt-offering{H5930} and meal-offering,{H5930} I will not accept{H7521} them; but I will consume{H3615} them by the sword,{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence.{H1698}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 6:20 : 20 To what purpose cometh{H935} there to me frankincense{H3828} from Sheba,{H7614} and the sweet{H2896} cane{H7070} from a far{H4801} country?{H776} your burnt-offerings{H5930} are not acceptable,{H7522} nor your sacrifices{H2077} pleasing{H6149} unto me.
- Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore will I also deal{H6213} in wrath;{H2534} mine eye{H5869} shall not spare,{H2347} neither will I have pity;{H2550} and though they cry{H7121} in mine ears{H241} with a loud{H1419} voice,{H6963} yet will I not hear{H8085} them.
- Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry{H2199} unto Jehovah,{H3068} but he will not answer{H6030} them; yea, he will hide{H5641} his face{H6440} from them at that time,{H6256} according as they have wrought evil{H7489} in their doings.{H4611}
- Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon them, which they shall not be able{H3201} to escape;{H3318} and they shall cry{H2199} unto me, but I will not hearken{H8085} unto them.
- Prov 1:28 : 28 Then will they call{H7121} upon me, but I will not answer;{H6030} They will seek me diligently,{H7836} but they shall not find{H4672} me:
- Zech 7:13 : 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried,{H7121} and they would not hear,{H8085} so they shall cry,{H7121} and I will not hear,{H8085} said{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts;{H6635}
- Ezek 14:21 : 21 For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} How much more when I send{H7971} my four{H702} sore{H7451} judgments{H8201} upon Jerusalem,{H3389} the sword,{H2719} and the famine,{H7458} and the evil{H7451} beasts,{H2416} and the pestilence,{H1698} to cut off{H3772} from it man{H120} and beast!{H929}
- Jer 16:4 : 4 They shall die{H4191} grievous{H8463} deaths:{H4463} they shall not be lamented,{H5594} neither shall they be buried;{H6912} they shall be as dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the ground;{H127} and they shall be consumed{H3615} by the sword,{H2719} and by famine;{H7458} and their dead bodies{H5038} shall be food{H3978} for the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and for the beasts{H929} of the earth.{H776}
- Jer 24:10 : 10 And I will send{H7971} the sword,{H2719} the famine,{H7458} and the pestilence,{H1698} among them, till they be consumed{H8552} from off the land{H127} that I gave{H5414} unto them and to their fathers.{H1}
- Jer 29:17-18 : 17 thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts;{H6635} Behold, I will send{H7971} upon them the sword,{H2719} the famine,{H7458} and the pestilence,{H1698} and will make{H5414} them like vile{H8182} figs,{H8384} that cannot be eaten,{H398} they are so bad.{H7455} 18 And I will pursue{H7291} after them{H310} with the sword,{H2719} with the famine,{H7458} and with the pestilence,{H1698} and will deliver{H5414} them to be tossed{H2189} to and fro among all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth,{H776} to be an execration,{H423} and an astonishment,{H8047} and a hissing,{H8322} and a reproach,{H2781} among all the nations{H1471} whither I have driven{H5080} them;
- Ezek 5:12-17 : 12 A third part{H7992} of thee shall die{H4191} with the pestilence,{H1698} and with famine{H7458} shall they be consumed{H3615} in the midst{H8432} of thee; and a third part{H7992} shall fall{H5307} by the sword{H2719} round about{H5439} thee; and a third part{H7992} I will scatter{H2219} unto all the winds,{H7307} and will draw out{H7324} a sword{H2719} after{H310} them. 13 Thus shall mine anger{H639} be accomplished,{H3615} and I will cause my wrath{H2534} toward them to rest,{H5117} and I shall be comforted;{H5162} and they shall know{H3045} that I, Jehovah,{H3068} have spoken{H1696} in my zeal,{H7068} when I have accomplished{H3615} my wrath{H2534} upon them. 14 Moreover I will make{H5414} thee a desolation{H2723} and a reproach{H2781} among the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} thee, in the sight{H5869} of all that pass by.{H5674} 15 So it shall be a reproach{H2781} and a taunt,{H1422} an instruction{H4148} and an astonishment,{H4923} unto the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} thee, when I shall execute{H6213} judgments{H8201} on thee in anger{H639} and in wrath,{H2534} and in wrathful{H2534} rebukes;{H8433} (I, Jehovah,{H3068} have spoken{H1696} it;) 16 when I shall send{H7971} upon them the evil{H7451} arrows{H2671} of famine,{H7458} that are for destruction,{H4889} which I will send{H7971} to destroy{H7843} you: and I will increase{H3254} the famine{H7458} upon you, and will break{H7665} your staff{H4294} of bread;{H3899} 17 and I will send{H7971} upon you famine{H7458} and evil{H7451} beasts,{H2416} and they shall bereave{H7921} thee; and pestilence{H1698} and blood{H1818} shall pass through{H5674} thee; and I will bring{H935} the sword{H2719} upon thee: I, Jehovah,{H3068} have spoken{H1696} it.
- Jer 21:7-9 : 7 And afterward,{H310} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} I will deliver{H5414} Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and his servants,{H5650} and the people,{H5971} even such as are left{H7604} in this city{H5892} from the pestilence,{H1698} from the sword,{H2719} and from the famine,{H7458} into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and into the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} and into the hand{H3027} of those that seek{H1245} their life:{H5315} and he shall smite{H5221} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword;{H2719} he shall not spare{H2347} them, neither have pity,{H2550} nor have mercy.{H7355} 8 And unto this people{H5971} thou shalt say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, I set{H5414} before{H6440} you the way{H1870} of life{H2416} and the way{H1870} of death.{H4194} 9 He that abideth{H3427} in this city{H5892} shall die{H4191} by the sword,{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence;{H1698} but he that goeth out,{H3318} and passeth{H5307} over to the Chaldeans{H3778} that besiege{H6696} you, he shall live,{H2421} and his life{H5315} shall be unto him for a prey.{H7998}
- Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice{H2077} of the wicked{H7563} is an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah;{H3068} But the prayer{H8605} of the upright{H3477} is his delight.{H7522}
- Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice{H2077} of the wicked{H7563} is an abomination:{H8441} How much more, when he bringeth{H935} it with a wicked mind!{H2154}
- Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away{H5493} his ear{H241} from hearing{H8085} the law,{H8451} Even his prayer{H8605} is an abomination.{H8441}
- Isa 1:11-15 : 11 What{H4100} unto me is the multitude{H7230} of your sacrifices?{H2077} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} I have had enough{H7646} of the burnt-offerings{H5930} of rams,{H352} and the fat{H2459} of fed beasts;{H4806} and I delight{H2654} not in the blood{H1818} of bullocks,{H6499} or of lambs,{H3532} or of he-goats.{H6260} 12 When ye come{H935} to appear{H7200} before{H6440} me, who hath required{H1245} this at your hand,{H3027} to trample{H7429} my courts?{H2691} 13 Bring{H935} no more{H3254} vain{H7723} oblations;{H4503} incense{H7004} is an abomination{H8441} unto me; new moon{H2320} and sabbath,{H7676} the calling{H7121} of assemblies,—{H4744} I cannot away with{H3201} iniquity{H205} and the solemn meeting.{H6116} 14 Your new moons{H2320} and your appointed feasts{H4150} my soul{H5315} hateth;{H8130} they are a trouble{H2960} unto me; I am weary{H3811} of bearing{H5375} them. 15 And when ye spread forth{H6566} your hands,{H3709} I will hide{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} from you; yea, when ye make many{H7235} prayers,{H8605} I will not hear:{H8085} your hands{H3027} are full{H4390} of blood.{H1818}
- Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted,{H6684} [say they], and thou seest{H7200} not? [wherefore] have we afflicted{H6031} our soul,{H5315} and thou takest no knowledge?{H3045} Behold, in the day{H3117} of your fast{H6685} ye find{H4672} [your own] pleasure,{H2656} and exact{H5065} all your labors.{H6092}
- Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass, when they say{H559} unto thee, Whither shall we go forth?{H3318} then thou shalt tell{H559} them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Such as are for death,{H4194} to death;{H4194} and such as are for the sword,{H2719} to the sword;{H2719} and such as are for the famine,{H7458} to the famine;{H7458} and such as are for captivity,{H7628} to captivity.{H7628} 3 And I will appoint{H6485} over them four{H702} kinds,{H4940} saith{H5002} Jehovah:{H3068} the sword{H2719} to slay,{H2026} and the dogs{H3611} to tear,{H5498} and the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and the beasts{H929} of the earth,{H776} to devour{H398} and to destroy.{H7843}
- Jer 7:21-22 : 21 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Add{H5595} your burnt-offerings{H5930} unto your sacrifices,{H2077} and eat{H398} ye flesh.{H1320} 22 For I spake{H1696} not unto your fathers,{H1} nor commanded{H6680} them in the day{H3117} that I brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} concerning{H1697} burnt-offerings{H5930} or sacrifices:{H2077}
- Jer 9:16 : 16 I will scatter{H6327} them also among the nations,{H1471} whom neither they nor their fathers{H1} have known;{H3045} and I will send{H7971} the sword{H2719} after{H310} them, till I have consumed{H3615} them.