Therefore 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.
Therefore pray not for this people ... There is a climax of guilt which admits of no further intercessory prayer (Exodus 32:10, in the Chaldee version, 'leave off praying;' Jeremiah 7:16; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 John 5:16). Our mind should be at one with God in all that He is doing, even in the rejection of the reprobate.
For their trouble - on account of their trouble. Other manuscripts read, 'in the time of their trouble'-a gloss from Jeremiah 11:12.