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General Information:

Yahweh speaks to Jeremiah about the people of Judah. In these verses, "this people" refers to the people of Judah.

do not pray for this people, and do not lift up a cry of distress or say a prayer on their behalf, and do not petition me

These four clauses each mean about the same thing and are repeated for emphasis. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

lift up a cry of distress

"cry out with sadness"

on their behalf

"for their benefit" or "for them"

petition me

"plead with me"