Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Outward cries and religious acts are not true prayer when the heart is not sincerely seeking God. Such petitions are only formal words and outward lip-service, lacking inward sincerity. God does not accept that kind of formal praying. By contrast, true prayer is a sincere heart opened to God, with a humble sense of weakness and an honest desire for Him.