“Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.”
The continuation of prohibition: 'What is my beloved doing in my house, acting out her evil schemes with many others? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you engage in your wickedness, then you rejoice.' This verse (somewhat unclear in translation) seems to address Jerusalem's false confidence: she acts out 'evil schemes,' yet apparently thinks she can escape judgment through ritual ('consecrated meat') or through her apparent celebration of wickedness. Theologically, this verse indicates that the people's false confidence in ritual or their apparent enjoyment of evil will not protect them.
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