Jeremiah 11:14 - Exposition

Therefore pray not thou , etc. First Jehovah declares that even the intercession of the prophet will be of no avail (see on Jeremiah 7:16 ), and then that the belated supplications of the people themselves will be ineffectual to avert the calamity. For their trouble . The four most ancient versions, and some of the extant Hebrew manuscripts, read "in the time of their trouble" (as in Jeremiah 11:12 ). The confusion between the two readings is easy, and the reading of the versions is to be preferred.