OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 14:11

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The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.

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Verse 11. Good, that the drought may be removed. Calmet. See Calmet. 7:16 and 11:14. Menochius.—“It is folly to pray for him who has sinned unto death,” (Saint Jerome 1 Jo. verse 16) by final impenitence. Calmet.—Sacrifices will not benefit the impenitent. Saint Jerome

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