Jer 14:12 | NET2full | STEP | Even if they fast , I will not hear their cries for help . Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings , I will not accept them. Instead , I will kill them through wars , famines , and plagues .”

‏ Jeremiah 14:12

12 Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. ^{▼▼sn See 6:16-20 for parallels.} Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.” ^{▼▼tn Heb “through sword, starvation, and plague.”} ^{▼▼sn These were penalties (curses) that were to be imposed on Israel for failure to keep her covenant with God (cf. Lev 26:23-26). These three occur together fourteen other times in the book of Jeremiah.}