11. This is what the Lord says: I’m going to bring a disaster on them that they can’t escape. Although they will cry out to me, I won’t listen to them.
12. Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they’ve been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them when they’re in trouble.
13. Judah, you have as many gods as you have cities. You have set up many altars ⌊in Jerusalem⌋ to sacrifice to Baal. You have as many altars as there are streets in Jerusalem.
14. Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people. Don’t cry or pray for them. I won’t listen when they call to me for help in times of trouble.
15. “What right do these people I love have to be in my housewhen they do so many devious things?Can the meat from their sacrifices turn disaster away from them?They rejoice when they do evil.”