¹⁶ “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea^(A) or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen^(B) to you.

¹⁸ Therefore I will deal with them in anger;^(A) I will not look on them with pity^(B) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen^(C) to them.”

Habakkuk’s Complaint

¹³ “‘When I called, they did not listen;^(A) so when they called, I would not listen,’^(B) says the Lord Almighty.^(C)