Some people may be surprised to know that there is evidence in the Holy Scriptures, which points to the fact that if we rebel against the Lord, and become exceptionally evil in His Sight, He will even refuse to hear our prayers, just as human parents, in their anger, will sometimes turn away from hearing the pleadings of their children, when those children have been extremely disobedient. Consider the words of the Lord at the time of the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions:
“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.” Isaiah 59:2, KJV
“Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.” Jeremiah 7:16, KJV
“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.” Jeremiah 11:14, KJV
“Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.” Jeremiah 14:10-11, KJV
“We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.” Lamentations 3:42-44, KJV
“Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.” John 9:31, KJV
