Isaiæ 7:16

Nova Vulgata

Tu ergo, noli orare pro populo hoc nec assumas pro eis deprecationem et orationem et non obsistas mihi, quia non exaudiam te.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Quia antequam sciat puer reprobare malum et eligere bonum, derelinquetur terra quam tu detestaris a facie duorum regum suorum.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Tu ergo, noli orare pro populo hoc,
nec assumas pro eis laudem et orationem:
et non obsistas mihi,
quia non exaudiam te.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

pray: Jeremiah 11:14, Jeremiah 14:11, Jeremiah 14:12, Jeremiah 15:1, Jeremiah 18:20, Exodus 32:10, Ezekiel 14:14-20, 1 John 5:16

I will: 2 Samuel 8:18, Isaiah 1:15, Micah 3:4

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 3:14 - the iniquity 1 Samuel 16:1 - How long Jeremiah 4:28 - because Jeremiah 27:18 - let them Ezekiel 20:4 - judge them

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore pray not thou for this people,.... These are the words of the Lord to the Prophet Jeremiah, forbidding him to pray for the people of the Jews; which he either was doing, or about to do, and which, from the great affection he had for them, he was inclined unto; wherefore, to show how much the Lord was displeased with them, and how determined he was to punish them with captivity, he orders the prophet not to make any supplication for them:

neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; referring to the gestures of lifting up the eyes and hands in prayer, and also to the frame of the heart, in the exercise of faith and holy confidence: "cry" and "prayer" are put together, because prayer is sometimes made, especially when persons are in great distress, with strong cryings and tears; see Hebrews 5:7:

neither make intercession to me; or, "meet me" o; or come between him and this people, and so act the part of a mediator, of which office intercession is a branch; it properly belongs to Christ. The Jews say p there is no פגיעה, "meeting", but prayer, or that is always intended by it; for proof of which they cite this passage:

for I will not hear thee; on the behalf of them, being so highly provoked by them, and determined they should go into captivity; see

Jeremiah 15:1.

o ואל תפגע בי "et ne oecurras mihi", Calvin; "et ne obsistas mihi", V. L. "et ne intervenias apud me", Tigurine version. p T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 26. 2. Taanith, fol. 7. 2. & 8. 1. Sota, fol. 14. 1. & Sanhedrin, fol. 95. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Neither make intercession to me - In Jeremiah 14:7-9 we have an intercessory prayer offered by Jeremiah, but not heard. The intercession of Moses prevailed with God Numbers 11:2; Numbers 14:13-20; Numbers 16:22, because the progress of the people then wins upward; the progress now was from bad to worse, and therefore in Jeremiah 15:1 we read that the intercession even of Moses and Samuel (see 1 Samuel 12:23) would profit nothing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 7:16. Therefore pray not thou for this people — They have filled up the measure of their iniquity, and they must become examples of my justice. How terrible must the state of that place be, where God refuses to pour out the spirit of supplication on his ministers and people in its behalf!