They had reached that stage in which people sin without any sense of guilt (see 1 John 5:16).

Neither make intercession t…

Pray not thou. —The words imply that a prayer of intercession, like that which Moses had offered in ancient times ([Refer…

You know how, through the sin of Eli's sons, God forsook Shiloh; and the tent of his house and the ark of his covenant were removed, and Shiloh bec…

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 Proph…

Therefore pray not thou for this people
These are the words of the Lord to the Prophet Jeremiah, forbidding him to p…

No observances, professions, or supposed revelations will profit, if people do not amend their ways and their actions. None can claim an interest i…

1. Here, he excludes the remedy of prayer.

   First, he presents the decree: neither take up, even when asked by them, an…