"So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.
Do not take the LORD for granted and yet expect Him to hear your prayer. If you are no different from those who practice witchcraft, sorcery, divination, spiritism and all other related evil practices like idolatry, then you have arrogantly declared enmity with the LORD. We do not have to pray against such people, but just stop praying for them to the LORD and that will suffice. When you do not pray for such people, these rebellious and stubborn ones, they will get into trouble with the LORD along the way. God gave a command to Jeremiah the prophet of the LORD, telling him not to waste his time praying for those people who stubbornly kept obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in them. They had refused to take counsel from the LORD that came through His prophets. They were stubborn and rebellious towards the LORD in all their ways. They became evil in all their pursuits.They refused to change their ways. They kept on doing those things that the LORD had warned them about. There always comes a time when the LORD will command His prophets to stop their warnings, praying or interceding for the people. He will say to them that, all that the people are doing, seems as an abomination to Him. He will pursue with His actions on them. Their prayer or singing and praises will become a pain in His eardrums. He will tell them to stop all that play-acting before He strikes them with plagues and punishment, sometimes even by raising up enemies to destroy them. All these because they have been stubborn and rebellious towards the LORD. They refused to turn from their evil ways. They showed no fear of the LORD. It's an ongoing thing! They misuse and abuse His name!
Amos 8:10
I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
