Jer 14:12 | NETfull | 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. ^{▼▼ See 6:16–20 for parallels.} Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.” ^{▼▼ Heb “through sword, starvation, and plague.”} ^{▼▼ 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.}