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Judgment Was Set
Commentators explain that God's command was not a rejection of prayer itself, but a declaration that the temporal judgment of exile was now irreversible. This is the third time God gives this command to Jeremiah, highlighting that after prolonged rebellion and rejected warnings, a point of no return had been reached for the nation's physical deliverance.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 14:11
19th Century
Bishop
Pray not ... — As before, in Jeremiah 7:16 and Jeremiah 11:14, the saddest, sternest part of the prophet’s work is to fee…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 14:10–11
19th Century
Preacher
"You may pray, if you like to do so, for a plague to come upon them as a chastisement for their sins, but do not pray for any blessing for them."
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 14:11–12
16th Century
Theologian
God first forbids the Prophet to pray for the people, as we have previously seen (Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:14). But we mu…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 14:11
17th Century
Pastor
Then said the Lord unto me To the prophet; now the Lord gives a more direct answer to him, and to his prayers and interce…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 14:10–16
17th Century
Minister
The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service; therefore, he would punish them according to their sins. He…