unto the Lord God] That is, towards heaven, or towards Jerusalem, the City chosen by him for a place of his presence, Daniel 6:10. to seek by prayer] Ezekiel 36:37. He speaketh not of that ordinary prayer which he used in his house thrice a day, but of a rare and vehement prayer, lest their sinnes should cause God to delay the time of their deliverance, prophesied by Jeremiah.