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.
Therefore pray not thou for this people ... When people are given up to judicial hardness of heart, intercessory prayer for them is unavailing (Jeremiah 11:14, "Pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry and prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble;" Jeremiah 15:1; Exodus 32:10, "Now therefore, let me alone" (Chaldaic version, leave off praying); 1 John 5:16).