Jeremiah 14 · Verse 11

Jeremiah 14:11

Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
Jeremiah 14:11, King James Version

Jeremiah 14:11 in other translations

BSBThen the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
WEBThe LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto me: Thou dost not pray for this people for good,
DARBYAnd Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
BBEAnd the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.
WebsterThen said the LORD to me, Pray not for this people for their good.

What does Jeremiah 14:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. (Jr 7:16; Ex 32:10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Pray not for this people - They are ripe for destruction, intercede not for them. O, how dreadful is the state of that people in reference to whom the Lord says to his ministers, Pray not for them; or, what amounts nearly to a prohibition, withholds from his ministers the spirit of prayer and intercession in behalf of the people!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 14:10-16

The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them. The false prophets were the most criminal. The Lord pronounces condemnation on them; but as the people loved to have it so, they were not to escape judgments. False teachers encourage men to expect peace and salvation, without…

Read the full comment on Jeremiah 14:10-16 →

Jeremiah 14:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito meH413
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּתְפַּלֵּ֛לtit.pa.Lelyou prayH6419
בְּעַד\־be.'ad-forH1157
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
לְטוֹבָֽה\׃le.to.Vahfor goodH2896

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 14:11

  • Jeremiah 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.

  • Jeremiah 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.

  • Exodus 32:32-34

    Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

  • Exodus 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.

  • Jeremiah 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:16; 11:14; 15:1; Ex 32:32-34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 14:10

    Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

  • Jeremiah 14:11

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

  • Jeremiah 14:12

    When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

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Jeremiah 14:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díjome Jehová: No ruegues por este pueblo para bien.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel me dit: Ne prie pas pour ce peuple pour leur bien.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova sprach zu mir: Bitte nicht für dieses Volk zum Guten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit Dominus ad me: Noli orare pro populo isto in bonum.