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“Therefore don’t pray for this people. Don’t lift up a cry or prayer for them or make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.
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Verse 16. Praise, offered to appease my wrath. Bible.—This admirably shews the force of the saints’ intercession, which God does not reject, but rather encourages by such declarations. Abraham and Moses did not leave off praying for the guilty, (Genesis 18:23. Exodus 32:10) and the Lord complains that there was none to withhold him. Isaiah 64:7. Ezekiel 22:30. Calmet.
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