Jeremiah 7:16 (YLT)

Passage

And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:14 I also to the house on which My name is called, In which ye are trusting, And to the place that I gave to you, and to your fathers, Have done, as I have done to Shiloh.

Jeremiah 7:15 And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 7:16 And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.

Jeremiah 7:17 Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem?

Jeremiah 7:18 The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "dost", "pray", "people", "lift", "crying", "prayer", and "intercede". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "dost", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And I have cast you from before..." into verse 17's "Art thou not seeing what they are...", so "thou" and "dost" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "dost" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.