Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.
They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
“As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,
Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”
Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. Though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin!
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