Jeremiah 14:12 Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill...

14:12 NET

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New English Translation - Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”
新标点和合本 - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳；我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳。我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳。我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
当代译本 - 即使他们禁食，我也不会听他们的呼求；他们献上燔祭和素祭，我也不会悦纳。我要用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫灭绝他们。”
圣经新译本 - 即使他们禁食，我也不会听他们的呼求；即使他们献上燔祭和素祭，我也不会悦纳；我却要用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫去灭尽他们。”
现代标点和合本 - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳。我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
和合本（拼音版） - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳。我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
New International Version - Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.”
New International Reader's Version - Even if they go without food, I will not listen to their cry for help. They might sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with war, hunger and plague.”
English Standard Version - Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
New Living Translation - When they fast, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.”
Christian Standard Bible - If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”
New American Standard Bible - When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather, I am going to put an end to them by the sword, famine, and plague.”
New King James Version - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
Amplified Bible - Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them [because they are done as obligations, and not as acts of loving obedience]. Instead I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
American Standard Version - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
King James Version - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
World English Bible - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
新標點和合本 - 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納。我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納。我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
當代譯本 - 即使他們禁食，我也不會聽他們的呼求；他們獻上燔祭和素祭，我也不會悅納。我要用刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫滅絕他們。」
聖經新譯本 - 即使他們禁食，我也不會聽他們的呼求；即使他們獻上燔祭和素祭，我也不會悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫去滅盡他們。”
呂振中譯本 - 儘管他們禁食，我也不聽他們的喊求；儘管他們獻上燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、和瘟疫去滅盡他們。』
現代標點和合本 - 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納。我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
文理和合譯本 - 彼禁食時、我不聽其呼籲、彼獻燔祭素祭、我不納之、惟以鋒刃饑饉疫癘滅之、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼禁食籲我、我必不應、彼獻燔祭禮物、我不悅納、必以鋒刃、饑饉疾疫、滅之務盡。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼雖禁食、我不聽其呼籲、彼獻火焚祭與禮物、禮物或作他祭我不悅納、必以鋒刃饑饉疫癘、滅之淨盡、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Aunque ayunen, no escucharé sus clamores; aunque me ofrezcan holocaustos y ofrendas de cereal, no los aceptaré. En verdad, voy a exterminarlos con la espada, el hambre y la peste».
현대인의 성경 - 그들이 금식하여도 내가 그들의 부르짖음을 듣지 않을 것이며 그들이 불로 태워 바치는 번제와 곡식으로 드리는 소제를 바쳐도 내가 받지 않고 오히려 전쟁과 기근과 전염병으로 그들을 없애 버릴 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Пусть постятся, но Я не услышу их вопля; пусть возносят всесожжения и хлебные приношения, но Я не приму их. Да, Я погублю их мечом, голодом и мором.
Восточный перевод - Пусть постятся, но Я не услышу их вопля; пусть возносят всесожжения и хлебные приношения, но Я не приму их. Да, Я погублю их мечом, голодом и мором.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пусть постятся, но Я не услышу их вопля; пусть возносят всесожжения и хлебные приношения, но Я не приму их. Да, Я погублю их мечом, голодом и мором.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пусть постятся, но Я не услышу их вопля; пусть возносят всесожжения и хлебные приношения, но Я не приму их. Да, Я погублю их мечом, голодом и мором.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils auront beau jeûner, je n’écouterai pas leurs supplications, et s’ils m’offrent des holocaustes et des offrandes, je ne les agréerai pas, je m’en vais les exterminer : par l’épée, par la famine et par la peste.
リビングバイブル - 彼らが断食しても、わたしは答えない。供え物やいけにえをささげても、受けつけない。わたしは戦争とききんと病気を返す。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Ainda que jejuem, não escutarei o clamor deles; ainda que ofereçam holocaustos e ofertas de cereal, não os aceitarei. Mas eu os destruirei pela guerra, pela fome e pela peste”.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn sie auch fasten und mich um Gnade anflehen, werde ich sie doch nicht erhören. Wenn sie mir Brand- und Speiseopfer bringen, nehme ich ihre Opfer nicht an; nein, ich werde sie auslöschen durch Kriege, Hungersnot und Seuchen.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi chúng kiêng ăn cầu nguyện, Ta sẽ không nghe. Khi chúng dâng tế lễ thiêu và của lễ chay, Ta sẽ không chấp nhận. Thay vào đó, Ta sẽ tiêu diệt chúng bằng chiến tranh, đói kém, và dịch bệnh.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แม้พวกเขาถืออดอาหาร เราจะไม่ฟังคำอ้อนวอนของเขา แม้เขาถวายเครื่องเผาบูชาและธัญบูชา เราก็จะไม่รับ แต่เราจะทำลายพวกเขาด้วยสงคราม การกันดารอาหาร และโรคระบาด”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้ว่าพวกเขาจะอดอาหาร เราจะไม่ได้ยินเสียงร้องของพวกเขา และถึงแม้ว่าพวกเขามอบสัตว์ที่เผาเป็นของถวายและเครื่องธัญญบูชา เราก็จะไม่รับ แต่เราจะให้พวกเขาสิ้นชีวิตด้วยการสู้รบ ความอดอยาก และด้วยโรคระบาด”

Cross Reference

Isaiah 58:3 - They lament, ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.
Jeremiah 29:17 - The Lord who rules over all says, ‘I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.
Jeremiah 29:18 - I will chase after them with war, starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them.
Proverbs 15:8 - The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Proverbs 28:9 - The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Jeremiah 21:7 - Then I, the Lord, promise that I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.’
Jeremiah 21:8 - “But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, ‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.
Jeremiah 21:9 - Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians who are besieging it will live. They will escape with their lives.
Jeremiah 9:16 - I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords until I have destroyed them.’”
Proverbs 21:27 - The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!
Jeremiah 15:2 - If they ask you, ‘Where should we go?’ tell them the Lord says this: “Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”
Jeremiah 15:3 - “I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.
Isaiah 1:11 - “Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?” says the Lord. “I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.
Isaiah 1:12 - When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this – animals trampling on my courtyards?
Isaiah 1:13 - Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations!
Isaiah 1:14 - I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.
Isaiah 1:15 - When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
Ezekiel 5:12 - A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.
Ezekiel 5:13 - Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy when I have fully vented my rage against them.
Ezekiel 5:14 - “I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.
Ezekiel 5:15 - You will be an object of scorn and taunting, a prime example of destruction among the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger and raging fury. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Ezekiel 5:16 - I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.
Ezekiel 5:17 - I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Jeremiah 7:21 - The Lord said to the people of Judah, “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: ‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!
Jeremiah 7:22 - Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Jeremiah 16:4 - They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
Jeremiah 24:10 - I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’”
Zechariah 7:13 - “‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.
Micah 3:4 - Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”
Ezekiel 14:21 - “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!
Ezekiel 8:18 - Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
Jeremiah 6:20 - I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’
Proverbs 1:28 - Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
Jeremiah 11:11 - So I, the Lord, say this: ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

Parallel Verses

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New English Translation - Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”
新标点和合本 - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳；我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳。我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳。我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
当代译本 - 即使他们禁食，我也不会听他们的呼求；他们献上燔祭和素祭，我也不会悦纳。我要用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫灭绝他们。”
圣经新译本 - 即使他们禁食，我也不会听他们的呼求；即使他们献上燔祭和素祭，我也不会悦纳；我却要用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫去灭尽他们。”
现代标点和合本 - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳。我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
和合本（拼音版） - 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳。我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
New International Version - Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.”
New International Reader's Version - Even if they go without food, I will not listen to their cry for help. They might sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with war, hunger and plague.”
English Standard Version - Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
New Living Translation - When they fast, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.”
Christian Standard Bible - If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”
New American Standard Bible - When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather, I am going to put an end to them by the sword, famine, and plague.”
New King James Version - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
Amplified Bible - Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them [because they are done as obligations, and not as acts of loving obedience]. Instead I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
American Standard Version - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
King James Version - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
World English Bible - When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
新標點和合本 - 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納。我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納。我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
當代譯本 - 即使他們禁食，我也不會聽他們的呼求；他們獻上燔祭和素祭，我也不會悅納。我要用刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫滅絕他們。」
聖經新譯本 - 即使他們禁食，我也不會聽他們的呼求；即使他們獻上燔祭和素祭，我也不會悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫去滅盡他們。”
呂振中譯本 - 儘管他們禁食，我也不聽他們的喊求；儘管他們獻上燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、和瘟疫去滅盡他們。』
現代標點和合本 - 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納。我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
文理和合譯本 - 彼禁食時、我不聽其呼籲、彼獻燔祭素祭、我不納之、惟以鋒刃饑饉疫癘滅之、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼禁食籲我、我必不應、彼獻燔祭禮物、我不悅納、必以鋒刃、饑饉疾疫、滅之務盡。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼雖禁食、我不聽其呼籲、彼獻火焚祭與禮物、禮物或作他祭我不悅納、必以鋒刃饑饉疫癘、滅之淨盡、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Aunque ayunen, no escucharé sus clamores; aunque me ofrezcan holocaustos y ofrendas de cereal, no los aceptaré. En verdad, voy a exterminarlos con la espada, el hambre y la peste».
현대인의 성경 - 그들이 금식하여도 내가 그들의 부르짖음을 듣지 않을 것이며 그들이 불로 태워 바치는 번제와 곡식으로 드리는 소제를 바쳐도 내가 받지 않고 오히려 전쟁과 기근과 전염병으로 그들을 없애 버릴 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Пусть постятся, но Я не услышу их вопля; пусть возносят всесожжения и хлебные приношения, но Я не приму их. Да, Я погублю их мечом, голодом и мором.
Восточный перевод - Пусть постятся, но Я не услышу их вопля; пусть возносят всесожжения и хлебные приношения, но Я не приму их. Да, Я погублю их мечом, голодом и мором.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пусть постятся, но Я не услышу их вопля; пусть возносят всесожжения и хлебные приношения, но Я не приму их. Да, Я погублю их мечом, голодом и мором.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пусть постятся, но Я не услышу их вопля; пусть возносят всесожжения и хлебные приношения, но Я не приму их. Да, Я погублю их мечом, голодом и мором.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils auront beau jeûner, je n’écouterai pas leurs supplications, et s’ils m’offrent des holocaustes et des offrandes, je ne les agréerai pas, je m’en vais les exterminer : par l’épée, par la famine et par la peste.
リビングバイブル - 彼らが断食しても、わたしは答えない。供え物やいけにえをささげても、受けつけない。わたしは戦争とききんと病気を返す。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Ainda que jejuem, não escutarei o clamor deles; ainda que ofereçam holocaustos e ofertas de cereal, não os aceitarei. Mas eu os destruirei pela guerra, pela fome e pela peste”.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn sie auch fasten und mich um Gnade anflehen, werde ich sie doch nicht erhören. Wenn sie mir Brand- und Speiseopfer bringen, nehme ich ihre Opfer nicht an; nein, ich werde sie auslöschen durch Kriege, Hungersnot und Seuchen.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi chúng kiêng ăn cầu nguyện, Ta sẽ không nghe. Khi chúng dâng tế lễ thiêu và của lễ chay, Ta sẽ không chấp nhận. Thay vào đó, Ta sẽ tiêu diệt chúng bằng chiến tranh, đói kém, và dịch bệnh.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แม้พวกเขาถืออดอาหาร เราจะไม่ฟังคำอ้อนวอนของเขา แม้เขาถวายเครื่องเผาบูชาและธัญบูชา เราก็จะไม่รับ แต่เราจะทำลายพวกเขาด้วยสงคราม การกันดารอาหาร และโรคระบาด”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้ว่าพวกเขาจะอดอาหาร เราจะไม่ได้ยินเสียงร้องของพวกเขา และถึงแม้ว่าพวกเขามอบสัตว์ที่เผาเป็นของถวายและเครื่องธัญญบูชา เราก็จะไม่รับ แต่เราจะให้พวกเขาสิ้นชีวิตด้วยการสู้รบ ความอดอยาก และด้วยโรคระบาด”

Isaiah 58:3 - They lament, ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.
Jeremiah 29:17 - The Lord who rules over all says, ‘I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.
Jeremiah 29:18 - I will chase after them with war, starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them.
Proverbs 15:8 - The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Proverbs 28:9 - The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Jeremiah 21:7 - Then I, the Lord, promise that I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.’
Jeremiah 21:8 - “But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, ‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.
Jeremiah 21:9 - Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians who are besieging it will live. They will escape with their lives.
Jeremiah 9:16 - I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords until I have destroyed them.’”
Proverbs 21:27 - The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!
Jeremiah 15:2 - If they ask you, ‘Where should we go?’ tell them the Lord says this: “Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”
Jeremiah 15:3 - “I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.
Isaiah 1:11 - “Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?” says the Lord. “I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.
Isaiah 1:12 - When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this – animals trampling on my courtyards?
Isaiah 1:13 - Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations!
Isaiah 1:14 - I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.
Isaiah 1:15 - When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
Ezekiel 5:12 - A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.
Ezekiel 5:13 - Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy when I have fully vented my rage against them.
Ezekiel 5:14 - “I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.
Ezekiel 5:15 - You will be an object of scorn and taunting, a prime example of destruction among the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger and raging fury. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Ezekiel 5:16 - I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.
Ezekiel 5:17 - I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Jeremiah 7:21 - The Lord said to the people of Judah, “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: ‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!
Jeremiah 7:22 - Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Jeremiah 16:4 - They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
Jeremiah 24:10 - I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’”
Zechariah 7:13 - “‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the Lord Lord who rules over all had said.
Micah 3:4 - Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”
Ezekiel 14:21 - “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!
Ezekiel 8:18 - Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
Jeremiah 6:20 - I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’
Proverbs 1:28 - Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
Jeremiah 11:11 - So I, the Lord, say this: ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.