1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Jeremiah 7:16 | *Therefore do not thou pray for this people, nor take to thee praise and supplication for them, and do not withstand me: for I will not hear thee. Jeremias 11:14.; Jeremias 14:11. | Praise, offered to appease my wrath. (Haydock) --- This admirably shews the force of the saints' intercession, which God does not reject, but rather encourages by such declarations. Abraham and Moses did not leave off praying for the guilty, (Genesis 18:23., and Exodus 32:10.) and the Lord complains that there was none to withhold him, Isaias 64:7., and Ezechiel 22:30. (Calmet) |