Jeremiah 7:16

Jeremiah 7:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
• New International Version (NIV)“So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.

Context of Jeremiah 7:16

14So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh. 15And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.’” Then the Lord said, “As for you, Jeremiah, 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, because I will not listen to you. 17Do you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.

Jeremiah 7:16 word by word

וְאַתָּ֞ה אַל־תִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל׀ בְּעַד־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה וְאַל־תִּשָּׂ֧א בַעֲדָ֛ם רִנָּ֥ה וּתְפִלָּ֖ה וְאַל־תִּפְגַּע־בִּ֑י כִּי־אֵינֶ֥נִּי שֹׁמֵ֖עַ אֹתָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore prayפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
• not thou for this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• neither lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• cryרִנָּהrinnâh · cryH7440
• nor prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• for themבַּ֫עַדbe‛ad · about/through/forH1157
• neither make intercessionפָּגַעpâga‛ · to fall onH6293
• to me: for I will not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:16

• Jeremiah 11:14So, Jeremiah, 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. For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.”
• Jeremiah 14:11Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for good to come to these people!
• Jeremiah 15:1Then 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!
• Jeremiah 18:20Should 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.
• Exodus 32:10So 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.”
• Ezekiel 14:14Even 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.
• 1 John 5:16If 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.
• 2 Samuel 8:18Benaiah son of Jehoida supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.
• Isaiah 1:15When 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.
• Micah 3:4Someday these sinners 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.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Therefore pray not thou for this people - They have filled up the measure of their iniquity, and they must become examples of my justice. How terrible must the state of that place be, where God refuses to pour out the spirit of supplication on his ministers and people in its behalf!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16They had reached that stage in which men sin without any sense of guilt (see 1 John 5:16). Neither make intercession to me - In Jeremiah 14:7-9 we have an intercessory prayer offered by Jeremiah, but not heard. The intercession of Moses prevailed with God Numbers 11:2; Numbers 14:13-20; Numbers 16:22, because the progress of the people then wins upward; the progress now was from bad to worse, and therefore in Jeremiah 15:1 we read that the intercession…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The Lord told Jeremiah not to pray for these people because it would not help (Jeremiah 15:1; compare Exodus 32:10; Deuteronomy 9:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. When people are given up to judicial hardness of heart, intercessory prayer for them is unavailing (Jr 11:14; 14:11; 15:1; Ex 32:10; 1Jo 5:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 7:16

• Backsliders
• Condescension of God
• Impenitence
• Intercession
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Reprobacy

In the dictionaries

• Mirth
• Reject
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Intercession
• Jeremiah (2)
• drink offering

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings