Jeremiah 7:16

make intercession. Compare Jeremiah 11:14; Jeremiah 14:11.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 7:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They had reached that stage in which men sin without any sense of guilt (see 1 John 5:16 ). Neither make intercession to me - In Jeremiah 14:...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore (h) 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. (h)...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Worship of Astarte. The prophet is forbidden to intercede for a people who are even now worshipping other gods, to their own deserved ruin. The...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God, in order to exonerate his servant from every ill-will, forbids him to pray for the people. This might have been done for the sake of the P...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Therefor...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore, pray not thou, &c.— This is not said to Jeremiah, because God would not have him affected with love for his country; but to assure h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-20. Ceremonies and sacred places shall be no defence.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

So in Jeremiah 14:7 , when Jeremiah does intercede for them, the prayer is rejected.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Pray not thou. — The words imply that a prayer of intercession, like that which Moses had offered of old ( Exodus 32:10 ), was rising up in the hea...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 8:1-22 ; Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; Jeremiah 10:1-25 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plai...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With this section the second movement in commissioning the prophet commences. It deals first with the sins of worship. These are first denounced. At...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a very solemn scripture indeed, in which the Lord forbids his servant even to pray for the people. And there is another solemn scripture suit...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore pray not thou for this people ,.... These are the words of the Lord to the Prophet Jeremiah, forbidding him to pray for the people of the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 1...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore pray not thou for this people God had been wont to suffer himself to be prevailed with to spare his people by the mediation of his servan...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment Predicted. B. C. 606. 16...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God forbids his prophets to pray for them in any kind by any cry or intercession; or, running upon me , which shows that God is resolved to root the...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Explains To Jeremiah Why He Sees His People As Having Gone Beyond What Was Acceptable, And What The Consequences Must Inevitably Be, Because Th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. 1. Chronology of the chapter. Keil regards chaps. 7 to 10 as later addresses, delivered during Josiah’s reign. Ba...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 7:1-3 . The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 7:2 . Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and call the people to repentance by arguments arrayed in all the glory and force of truth....
The Biblical Illustrator

Pray not thou for this people. Intercessory prayer forbidden 1. God’s prophets are praying men. 2. God’s praying prophets have a great inter...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10.—Severe rebukes of idolatry alternating with announcements of the impending judgment. The circumstances connected with this...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore pray not thou for this people, the Lord expressly forbidding the prophet to make intercession for the reprobate nation, neither lift up cr...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Idolatry and Disobedience of the Jews
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:16 ; 2 Samuel 8:18 ; Exodus 32:10 ; Ezekiel 14:14-20 ; Isaiah 1:15 ; Jeremiah 11:14 ; Jeremiah 14:11 ; Jeremiah 14:12 ; Jeremiah 15...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pray not — Certainly the prophet did pray that God would save a remnant, though not that he would revoke his decree; or save the body of them.

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.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 7:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 7:16