King James Version
Jeremiah 7:16 in the King James Version says “Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Jeremiah 7:16 · KJV
Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
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.
Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. queen: or, frame, or, workmanship of heaven
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not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Therefore pray”
H6419to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
“for them”
H1157in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc
“not thou for this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“neither lift up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“for them”
H1157in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“neither make intercession”
H6293to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“to me for I will not hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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