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Jeremiah 14:12

Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
יָצֻ֗מוּya.Tzu.muthey will fastH6684 →
אֵינֶ֤נִּי'ei.Ne.ninot IH369 →
שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙sho.Me.a'[will be] listeningH8085 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
רִנָּתָ֔םri.na.Tamcry of entreaty theirH7440 →
וְכִ֧יve.Khieven ifH3588 →
יַעֲל֛וּya.'a.Luthey will offer upH5927 →
עֹלָ֥ה'o.Laha burnt offeringH5930 →
וּמִנְחָ֖הu.min.Chahand a grain offeringH4503 →
אֵינֶ֣נִּי'ei.Ne.ninot IH369 →
רֹצָ֑םro.Tzam[will be] accepting themH7521 →
כִּ֗יKiforH3588 →
בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ba.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
וּבָרָעָ֣בu.va.ra.'Avand by <the> famineH7458 →
וּבַדֶּ֔בֶרu.va.De.verand by <the> pestilenceH1698 →
אָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiIH595 →
מְכַלֶּ֥הme.kha.Leh[will be] bringing to an endH3615 →
אוֹתָֽם׃ ס'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →

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John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.Jeremiah 11:11Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.Jeremiah 6:20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?Jeremiah 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’Jeremiah 16:4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”Jeremiah 24:10And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”Jeremiah 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.Deuteronomy 28:22The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.Ezekiel 14:19Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,Leviticus 10:19But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

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