They cry for help, but God doesn't answer, for they are proud and evil.

It is useless for them to cry out; Almighty God does not see or hear them.

They cry for help, but no one saves them; they call to the LORD, but he does not answer.

If I had ignored my sins, the Lord would not have listened to me.

May he be tried and found guilty; may even his prayer be considered a crime!

Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.

If you do not obey the law, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear.

"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.

So now I, the LORD, warn them that I am going to bring destruction on them, and they will not escape. And when they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry for help; and even if they offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not be pleased with them. Instead, I will kill them in war and by starvation and disease."

They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy. They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can, but I will not listen to them."

The time is coming when you will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer you. He will not listen to your prayers, for you have done evil.

Because they did not listen when I spoke, I did not answer when they prayed.

We know that God does not listen to sinners; he does listen to people who respect him and do what he wants them to do.

And when you ask, you do not receive it, because your motives are bad; you ask for things to use for your own pleasures.

They have not prayed to me sincerely, but instead they throw themselves down and wail as the heathen do. When they pray for grain and wine, they gash themselves like pagans. What rebels they are!

The master of the house will get up and close the door; then when you stand outside and begin to knock on the door and say, 'Open the door for us, sir!' he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from!'