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13 For you have as many gods
    as you have towns, O Judah.
And you have as many altars to offer sacrifice to Baal
    as there are streets in Jerusalem.

14 Do not intercede for this people or offer a prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen to their cries for help that they will raise during the time of their misfortune.

The Lord Rebukes Judah

15 What right does my beloved have to be in my house
    when she perpetrates such vile deeds?
Can vows and sacrificial meat
    turn away the disaster that threatens you
    and allow you to exult?

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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