Jeremiah 11:14-16

International Children’s Bible

¹⁴“As for you, Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people. Don’t cry out for them or ask anything for them. I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.

¹⁵“What is my lover, Judah, doing in my Temple?
    She makes many evil plans.
    Does she think animal sacrifices will stop her punishment?
When you do your evil, then you are happy.”
¹⁶The Lord called you “a leafy olive tree,
    with beautiful fruit to look at.”
But with a strong storm
    the Lord will set that tree on fire.
    And its branches will be burned up.

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Jeremiah 11:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴“Do not pray^(A) for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen^(B) 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^(C) avert your punishment?^(D)
When you engage in your wickedness,
    then you rejoice.^[a]”

¹⁶The Lord called you a thriving olive tree^(E)
    with fruit beautiful in form.
But with the roar of a mighty storm
    he will set it on fire,^(F)
    and its branches will be broken.^(G)

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Footnotes

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

Jeremiah 11:14-16

King James Version

¹⁴Therefore 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.

¹⁵What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

¹⁶The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

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