Therefore do not pray for this people, and do not intercede for them to be pitied. Yes, do not pray, and do not approach Me for them, for I will not hearken [unto you].

So do not pray for this people, and do not intercede for them with supplication and prayer; for I will not hear in the day in which they call upon Me, in the day of their affliction.

And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people, for [their] good:

And though these three men should be in the midst of it, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they [alone] would be delivered by their righteousness, says the Lord.

Thus says the Lord: And if I even send upon Jerusalem My four severe judgments- the sword, famine, evil beasts, and pestilence, to destroy from out of it [both] man and beast;

And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Why, O Lord, are You very angry with Your people, whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with Your mighty arm?

remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob Your servants, to whom You have sworn by Yourself, and have spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which You spoke of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.

And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for You have brought up this people from them by Your might.

And [if] You shall destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard Your name shall speak, saying,

And now, O Lord, let Your strength be exalted, as You spoke, saying,

Forgive this people their sin according to Your great mercy, as You were favorable to them from Egypt until now.

And Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it up as a whole burnt offering with all the people to the Lord. And Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.

And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you; but I will serve the Lord, and show you the good and the right way.

Moses and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel among them that call upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He heard them.

Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they [meant] for me. Remember that I stood before Your face, to speak good concerning them, to turn away Your wrath from them.

And Abraham rose up early to go to the place where he had stood before the Lord.

So He said that He would have destroyed them, had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, to turn [Him] away from the fierceness of His anger, so that He should not destroy them.

[ 3:4] Now Joshua was clothed in filthy garments, and stood before the Angel.

For Christ did not enter into [the] holies made by hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf;

My heart inclines to the orders given in Israel; you that are willing among the people, bless the Lord.

An understanding servant is acceptable to a king, and by his good behavior he removes disgrace.

And I will cast you out of My sight, as I cast away your brethren, all the seed of Ephraim.

therefore behold, I [will] seize and dash you down and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until He cast them out of His presence.