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Jeremiah 14:11

Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

KJV

Et dixit Dominus ad me : Noli orare pro populo isto in bonum.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς μέ Μὴ προσεύχου περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου εἰς ἀγαθά,

LXX

And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑/י אַל תִּתְפַּלֵּ֛ל בְּעַד הָ/עָ֥ם הַ/זֶּ֖ה לְ/טוֹבָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
הִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל
htpll
verb · 84×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 5:16 — If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for
  • 1Sam 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: fo
  • Exod 32:10 — Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
  • Ezek 14:14 — Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Jer 7:16 — 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.
  • Jer 7:16 — 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.
  • Jer 11:14 — Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
  • Jer 11:14 — Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
  • Jer 15:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
  • Job 42:8 — Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I