13 Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah,(A) and the altars you have set up to Shame[a](B)—altars to burn incense to Baal—as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem.

14 “As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf,(C) for I will not be listening when they call out to Me at the time of their disaster.

15 What right does My beloved have
to be in My house,(D)
having carried out so many evil schemes?
Can holy meat[b](E) prevent your disaster[c]
so you can rejoice?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:13 = Baal
  2. Jeremiah 11:15 = sacrificial meat
  3. Jeremiah 11:15 LXX; MT reads meat pass from you

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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Footnotes

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