The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 11:14

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

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.

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