Jeremiah 14:11-18

11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for this people, for their good. 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
13 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”
14 And the LORD said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’ — ‘By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed! 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—them nor their wives, their sons nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness on them.’
17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
‘ Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
18 If I go out to the field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.’”
Jeremiah 14:11-18 NKJV

It seems strange to me that the Lord tells Jeremiah to not pray for the people and for their good. God tells Jeremiah that He will not listen and that He will not accept their offerings. When Jeremiah says that prophets are telling the people that they will have peace, God says the prophets are liars and will be destroyed in the coming war along with the people. I do not understand why God tells Jeremiah to not pray for them. Is it too late for the leaders and the people to turn back to God? Have they passed the point of being able to repent and be forgiven. Form the other calls to obey God and repent in the book, some which seem to come later and closer to the doom which was Judah's fate, I think there was still hope. Perhaps the refusal of the people to turn from their wickedness and heed the warnings God has given them to this point has frustrated God. Perhaps God speaks in such a way to show the seriousness of the situation in which Judah finds itself. They can only turn their backs to God and refuse His love and help so long, before the judgment will come. God wants them to know that it is not play. They cannot pretend any more. It is time for them to be honest with themselves and their God.

Lord,
Help me today to listen to both Your words of comfort and Your words of judgment. Help me to understand the seriousness of the situation the world is in today, and help me to prepare my heart by accepting Your love and Your truth. Guide me, lead me, save me.