Jeremiah 11:14

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Therefore pray not for this people ... There is a climax of guilt which admits of no further intercessory prayer (, in the Chaldee version, 'leave off praying;' ; ; ; ). Our mind should be at one with God in all that He is doing, even in the rejection of the reprobate.

For their trouble - on account of their trouble. Other manuscripts read, 'in the time of their trouble'-a gloss from .