Jeremiah 14:12 — They may even go without eating and offer sacrifices to please me and to give t… — CEV | maBible
Read Jeremiah 14:12 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Jeremiah 14.12, Jeremiah 14v12, Jr. 14:12. They may even go without eating and offer sacrifices to please me and to give thanks. But when they cry out for my help, I won't listen, and I won't a…
Other reference formats: Jeremiah 14.12, Jeremiah 14v12, Jr. 14:12.
12 They may even go without eating and offer sacrifices to please me and to give thanks. But when they cry out for my help, I won't listen, and I won't accept their sacrifices. Instead, I'll send war, starvation, and disease to wipe them out.”
Notes and references
go without eating: The people of Israel sometimes went without eating to show sorrow for their sins.
sacrifices to please me: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “whole burnt offerings” because the whole animal was burned on the altar. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to please the Lord with the smell of the sacrifice, and so in the CEV they are sometimes called “sacrifices to ple…
sacrifices … to give thanks: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “grain offerings.” A main purpose of such sacrifices was to thank the Lord with a gift of grain, and so in the CEV they are sometimes called “sacrifices to give thanks to the Lord.”