13 [a]For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah, and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars of confusion, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

14 Therefore thou shalt not [b]pray for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for when they cry unto me in their trouble, I will not hear them.

15 What should my [c]beloved tarry in mine house, seeing they have committed abomination with many, and the holy flesh [d]goeth away from thee: yet when thou doest evil, thou rejoicest.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:13 Read Jer. 2:28.
  2. Jeremiah 11:14 Read Jer. 7:16 and 14:11.
  3. Jeremiah 11:15 My people of Israel, whom I have hitherto so greatly loved.
  4. Jeremiah 11:15 Meaning, that they offer not in the Temple to God, but on the altars of Baal and the idols, and so rejoiced in their wickedness.

13 You, Judah, have as many gods(A) as you have towns;(B) and the altars you have set up to burn incense(C) to that shameful(D) god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

14 “Do not pray(E) for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen(F) when they call to me in the time of their distress.

15 “What is my beloved doing in my temple
    as she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?
    Can consecrated meat(G) avert your punishment?(H)
When you engage in your wickedness,
    then you rejoice.[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 11:15 Or Could consecrated meat avert your punishment? / Then you would rejoice