Jeremiah 11
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1 The word that came from the Lord to Jeremiah, saying:
2 "Listen to the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
3 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed is the man who will not listen to the words of this covenant,
4 which I commanded to your fathers in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt, away from the iron furnace, saying: Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you, and then you will be my people and I will be your God.
5 So shall I uphold the oath which I swore to your fathers, that I would give them a land flowing with milk and honey, just as it is this day." And I answered by saying: "Amen, O Lord."
6 And the Lord said to me: "Shout all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Listen to the words of the covenant, and do them.
7 For when testing, I tested your fathers in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt, even until this day. Rising early, I tested them, and I said: Listen to my voice.
8 But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, each one of them walked in the depravity of his own evil heart. And so, I brought over them all the words of this covenant, which I instructed them to do. But they would not do them."
9 And the Lord said to me: "A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 They have returned to the former iniquities of their fathers, who refused to listen to my words. And likewise, they have gone after strange gods, so that they may serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have treated as void my covenant, which I made with their fathers.
11 For this reason, thus says the Lord: Behold, I will lead evils over them, from which they will not be able to escape. And they will cry out to me, and I will not heed them.
12 And the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go forth, and they will cry out to the gods, to whom they offer libations, and they will not save them in the time of their affliction.
13 For according to the number of your cities, so were your gods, O Judah. And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem, so did you establish altars of confusion, altars to offer libations to Baal.
14 Therefore, you should not choose to pray for this people, and you should not take up praise and petitioning on their behalf. For I will not heed them in the time of their outcry to me, in the time of their affliction.
15 Why has my beloved wrought great wickedness in my house? How can the holy flesh take away from you your wickedness, in which you have gloried?
16 The Lord has called your name: a beautiful, fruitful, splendid, and productive olive tree. At the voice of a word, a great fire was kindled in it, and its greenery was burned up.
17 And the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced an evil against you, concerning the evils of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves so as to provoke me, by offering libations to Baal."
18 But you, O Lord, have revealed this to me, and I have understood. Then you displayed their efforts to me.
19 And I was like a meek lamb, who is being carried to be a victim. And I did not realize that they had devised plans against me, saying: "Let us place wood upon his bread, and let us eradicate him from the land of the living, and let his name no longer be remembered."
20 But you, O Lord of hosts, who judges justly, and who tests the temperament and the heart, let me see your vengeance against them. For I have revealed my case to you.
21 "Because of this, thus says the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who are seeking your life, and who are saying: 'You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and you shall not die by our hands.'
22 Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will visit upon them. Their young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine.
23 And there will be nothing left of them. For I will lead an evil over the men of Anathoth: the year of their visitation."
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Jeremiah 11
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The Broken Covenant
1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2“Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: #Deut. 27:26; (Jer. 17:5); Gal. 3:10“Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant 4which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, #Deut. 4:20; 1 Kin. 8:51from the iron furnace, saying, #Lev. 26:3; Deut. 11:27; Jer. 7:23‘Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,’ 5that I may establish the #Ex. 13:5; Deut. 7:12; Ps. 105:9; Jer. 32:22oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them #Ex. 3:8‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is this day.” ’ ”
And I answered and said, “So be it, Lord.”
6Then the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: ‘Hear the words of this covenant #Deut. 17:19; (Rom. 2:13); James 1:22and do them. 7For I earnestly exhorted your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, until this day, #Jer. 35:15rising early and exhorting, saying, “Obey My voice.” 8#Jer. 7:26Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but #Jer. 13:10everyone followed the dictates of his evil heart; therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done.’ ”
9And the Lord said to me, #Ezek. 22:25; Hos. 6:9“A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10They have turned back to #1 Sam. 15:11; Jer. 3:10, 11; Ezek. 20:18the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.”
11Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to escape; and #Ps. 18:41; Prov. 1:28; Is. 1:15; Jer. 14:12; Ezek. 8:18; Mic. 3:4; Zech. 7:13though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. 12Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and #Deut. 32:37; Jer. 44:17cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. 13For according to the number of your #2 Kin. 23:13; Jer. 2:28cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.
14“So #Ex. 32:10; Jer. 7:16; 14:11; (1 John 5:16)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble.
15“What#Ps. 50:16 has My beloved to do in My house,
Having #Ezek. 16:25done lewd deeds with many?
And #(Titus 1:15)the holy flesh has passed from you.
When you do evil, then you #Prov. 2:14rejoice.
16The Lord called your name,
#Ps. 52:8; (Rom. 11:17)Green Olive Tree, Lovely and of Good Fruit.
With the noise of a great tumult
He has kindled fire on it,
And its branches are broken.
17“For the Lord of hosts, #Is. 5:2; Jer. 2:21; 12:2who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal.”
Jeremiah’s Life Threatened
18Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings. 19But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, #Ps. 83:4; Jer. 18:18and let us cut him off from #Ps. 27:13the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
20But, O Lord of hosts,
You who judge righteously,
#1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9; Ps. 7:9Testing the mind and the heart,
Let me see Your #Jer. 15:15vengeance on them,
For to You I have revealed my cause.
21“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of #Jer. 1:1; 12:5, 6Anathoth who seek your life, saying, #Is. 30:10; Amos 2:12; Mic. 2:6‘Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, lest you die by our hand’— 22therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall #Jer. 9:21die by famine; 23and there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even #Jer. 23:12; Hos. 9:7; Mic. 7:4the year of their punishment.’ ”
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