Jeremiah 7:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“But as for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not raise a cry of prayer for them! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 32:10 : 10 So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”
  • Jer 11:14 : 14 But as for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not raise a cry of prayer for them. For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.”
  • Deut 9:14 : 14 Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”
  • Jer 15:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me,“Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!
  • 1 John 5:16 : 16 If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
  • Ezek 14:14-20 : 14 Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD. 15 “Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals. 16 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, they could not save their own sons or daughters; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate. 17 “Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say,‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals. 18 Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, they could not save their own sons or daughters– they would save only their own lives. 19 “Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals. 20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, they could not save their own son or daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Someday these sinful leaders will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”
  • Jer 14:11-12 : 11 Judgment for Believing the Misleading Lies of the False Prophets Then the LORD said to me,“Do not pray for good to come to these people! 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. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”
  • 2 Sam 8:18 : 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 11:14
    92%

    14But as for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not raise a cry of prayer for them. For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.”

  • Jer 14:10-12
    3 verses
    83%

    10Then the LORD spoke about these people.“They truly love to go astray. They cannot keep from running away from me. So I am not pleased with them. I will now call to mind the wrongs they have done and punish them for their sins.”

    11Judgment for Believing the Misleading Lies of the False Prophets Then the LORD said to me,“Do not pray for good to come to these people!

    12Even 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. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”

  • Jer 7:15
    78%

    15And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.’”

  • Jer 7:17
    78%

    17Do you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

  • Zech 7:13
    78%

    13“‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had said.

  • Jer 11:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11So I, the LORD, say this:‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

    12Then those living in the towns of Judah and in Jerusalem will go and cry out for help to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. However, those gods will by no means be able to save them when disaster strikes them.

  • Jer 7:27
    77%

    27Then the LORD said to me,“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.

  • Amos 7:16
    75%

    16So now listen to the LORD’s message! You say,‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac!’

  • Jer 15:1
    74%

    1Then the LORD said to me,“Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

  • Mic 3:4
    74%

    4Someday these sinful leaders will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”

  • Ezek 8:18
    74%

    18Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

  • Jer 7:13
    73%

    13You also have done all these things, says the LORD, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!

  • Isa 1:15
    73%

    15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

  • Jer 35:17
    73%

    17So I, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say:“I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer.”’”

  • Jer 15:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5The LORD cried out,“Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing?

    6I, the LORD, say:‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”

  • Zech 7:11
    72%

    11“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

  • Amos 7:3
    72%

    3The LORD decided not to do this.“It will not happen,” the LORD said.

  • Amos 7:6
    72%

    6The LORD decided not to do this. The Sovereign LORD said,“This will not happen either.”

  • Jer 16:5
    72%

    5“Moreover I, the LORD, tell you:‘Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the LORD, so affirm it!

  • Zech 11:6
    72%

    6Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land,” says the LORD,“but instead I will turn every last person over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.”

  • Isa 3:7
    71%

    7At that time the brother will shout,‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

  • Ps 81:11
    71%

    11But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.

  • Jer 6:17
    71%

    17The LORD said,“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying:‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” But they said,“We will not pay attention!”

  • Jer 22:21
    71%

    21While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said,“I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

  • Jer 6:19
    71%

    19Hear this, you peoples of the earth:‘Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law.

  • 1 Kgs 9:7
    71%

    7then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.

  • Jer 29:12
    71%

    12When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

  • Jer 25:8
    71%

    8“Therefore, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘You have not listened to what I said.

  • Jer 1:16
    71%

    16In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”

  • Jer 16:13
    71%

    13So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.’”

  • Jer 13:17
    71%

    17But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly, and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the LORD’s flock, will be carried into exile.”

  • 1 Sam 8:18
    71%

    18In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won’t answer you in that day.”

  • 2 Chr 7:20
    71%

    20then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

  • Jer 13:15
    71%

    15Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.

  • Judg 10:13
    71%

    13But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.

  • Jer 44:5
    71%

    5But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

  • Jer 12:17
    71%

    17But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,’” says the LORD.

  • Ezek 3:7
    70%

    7But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

  • Jer 28:7
    70%

    7But listen to what I say to you and to all these people.

  • Amos 5:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.

    23Take away from me your noisy songs; I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.

  • Jer 44:16
    70%

    16“We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us!

  • Jer 29:19
    70%

    19For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ says the LORD.‘And you exiles have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the LORD.

  • Zech 1:4
    70%

    4“Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying,‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,“Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 11:6
    70%

    6The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!