Therefore] Heb. And: as Chap. 1. 17. pray not thou for this people] To assure them, that he was fully resolved, to bring evill upon them, he forbiddeth the Prophet to solicite him in their behalf. Exodus 32:10. Chap. 11. 14. and 14. 11. for I will not hear thee] Intimating, that the prayers even of the godly cannot avail those, that will go on obstinately in their wicked courses, rejecting all means of mercy offered them. 1 Samuel 15:35. Chap. 15. 1.