Ayub 27:9

27:9 Does God listen to his cry

when distress overtakes him?

Yeremia 14:12

14:12 Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. ¹  Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.” ² 

Yehezkiel 8:18

8:18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare ³  them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Maleakhi 2:13

2:13 You also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears ⁴  as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you.

[14:12]  ¹ sn See 6:16-20 for parallels.

[14:12]  ² tn Heb “through sword, starvation, and plague.”

[14:12]  sn These were penalties (curses) that were to be imposed on Israel for failure to keep her covenant with God (cf. Lev 26:23-26). These three occur together fourteen other times in the book of Jeremiah.

[8:18]  ³ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[2:13]  ⁴ sn You cover the altar of the Lord with tears. These tears are the false tears of hypocrisy, not genuine tears of repentance. The people weep because the Lord will not hear them, not because of their sin.