Jeremiah 7:16 - Exposition

Pray not thou for this people . Abraham prayed for Sodom ( Genesis 18:23-32 ); Moses and Samuel for Israel ( Exodus 32:11-14 ; Exodus 17:11 ; Numbers 14:13-20 ; Psalms 106:23 ; 1 Samuel 7:9 , 1 Samuel 7:10 ; 1 Samuel 12:17 , 1 Samuel 12:18 , 1 Samuel 12:23 ); and Jeremiah would fain perform the same pious duty to his people. We have a specimen of his intercession in Jeremiah 14:19-22 (comp. Jeremiah 18:20 ), followed immediately by a rejection of his prayer, parallel in thought to the present passage. Verbal parallels are Jeremiah 11:14 ; Jeremiah 14:11 . Cry; i . e . cry for help (see on Jeremiah 14:12 ); parallel with "prayer," as Jeremiah 11:14 ; Psalms 17:1 , Psalms 61:1 .