Focused Passage

Jeremiah 14:10-12

Drought, False Peace, and the Plea of a Guilty People

The chapter moves from drought lament over Judah's land, people, nobles, farmers, and animals, to Jeremiah's intercessory confession, to the LORD's rejection of the people's wandering love, to the command not to pray for their welfare, to the exposure and judgment of false prophets, and finally to Jeremiah's sorrowful plea that the LORD would remember his covenant and not utterly forsake his people.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”

11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

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Verse 10

Cross-references

Hosea 9:9 Classic cross-references Amos 3:2 Classic cross-references Malachi 1:8 Classic cross-references Hosea 8:13 Classic cross-references Psalms 119:101 Classic cross-references

Original words

This is what כֹּֽה־ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֜ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֨ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular about this הַזֶּ֗ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular people לָעָ֣ם H5971 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Truly כֵּ֤ן H3651 Adverb they love אָֽהֲבוּ֙ H157 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural to wander לָנ֔וּעַ H5128 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct they have not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle restrained חָשָׂ֑כוּ H2820 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural their feet רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם H7272 Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine plural So the LORD וַיהוָה֙ H3068 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular does not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle accept them רָצָ֔ם H7521 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural He will now עַתָּה֙ H6258 Adverb remember יִזְכֹּ֣ר H2142 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular their iniquity עֲוֺנָ֔ם H5771 Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural and punish them וְיִפְקֹ֖ד H6485 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular for their sins חַטֹּאתָֽם׃ס H2403 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 11

Cross-references

Jeremiah 15:1 Classic cross-references 1 John 5:16 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 11:14 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 7:16 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 14:14 Classic cross-references

Original words

Then the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular said וַיֹּ֥אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to me אֵלָ֑י H413 Preposition | first person common singular Do not אַל־ H408 Adverb pray תִּתְפַּלֵּ֛ל H6419 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular for בְּעַד־ H1157 Preposition the well-being לְטוֹבָֽה׃ H2896 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular of this הַזֶּ֖ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular people הָעָ֥ם H5971 Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

John 9:31 Classic cross-references Zechariah 7:13 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 11:11 Classic cross-references Job 27:9 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 8:18 Classic cross-references

Original words

Although כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction they may fast יָצֻ֗מוּ H6684 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural I will not אֵינֶ֤נִּי H369 Adverb | first person common singular listen to שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ H8085 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition their cry רִנָּתָ֔ם H7440 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural although וְכִ֧י H3588 Conjunction they may offer יַעֲל֛וּ H5927 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural burnt offerings עֹלָ֥ה H5930 Noun - feminine singular and grain offerings וּמִנְחָ֖ה H4503 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular I will not אֵינֶ֣נִּי H369 Adverb | first person common singular accept them רֹצָ֑ם H7521 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Instead כִּ֗י H3588 Conjunction I אָנֹכִ֖י H595 Pronoun - first person common singular will finish them off מְכַלֶּ֥ה H3615 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular - אוֹתָֽם׃ס H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural by sword בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ H2719 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular and famine וּבָרָעָ֣ב H7458 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and plague וּבַדֶּ֔בֶר H1698 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

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