Yeremia 11:14

11:14 So, Jeremiah, ¹  do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them. ²  For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.” ³ 

Yeremia 42:11

42:11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. ⁴  Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁵ 

[11:14]  ¹ tn Heb “you.”

[11:14]  ² tn The words “to save them” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[11:14]  sn Cf. Jer 7:16 where this same command is addressed to Jeremiah.

[11:14]  ³ tc The rendering “when disaster strikes them” is based on reading “at the time of” (בְּעֵת, bÿ’et) with a number of Hebrew mss and the versions instead of “on account of” (בְּעַד, bÿ’ad). W. L. Holladay (Jeremiah [Hermeneia], 1:347) is probably right in assuming that the MT has been influenced by “for them” (בַעֲדָם, va’adam) earlier in the verse.

[42:11]  ⁴ sn See Jer 41:18 for their reason for fear.

[42:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”