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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Reminder of the Covenant
1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2“Listen to the words of this covenant # Dt 29:9 and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem. 3You must tell them: This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let a curse be on the man who does not obey the words of this covenant, # Dt 27:26; Gl 3:10 4which I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, # Dt 29:25; Jr 7:22; 34:13 out of the iron furnace.’ # Dt 4:20; 1Kg 8:51 I declared: ‘Obey Me, and do everything that I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God,’ # Dt 29:13; Jr 24:7; 30:22 5in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, # Gn 26:3; Dt 7:8 to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today.”
I answered, “Amen, Lord.” # Dt 27:15-16
6The Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Obey the words of this covenant and carry them out. 7For I strongly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt until today, warning them time and time again, # Lit today, rising early and warning # 2Ch 36:15; Jr 7:13,25; 25:3; 26:5; 29:19; ; 32:33; 35:14,15; 44:4 ‘Obey My voice.’ 8Yet they would not obey or pay attention; each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. # Jr 3:17; 7:24; 16:12 So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant, because they had not done what I commanded them to do.”
9The Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been discovered among the men of Judah # Ezk 22:25; Hs 6:9 and the residents of Jerusalem. 10They have returned to the sins of their ancestors # Lv 26:39-40; Neh 9:2; Is 65:7 who refused to obey My words and have followed other gods to worship them. # Dt 28:14; Jr 13:10; 35:15 The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke My covenant I made with their ancestors.
11“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. # Jr 39:4-7; Am 9:1-4 They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them. 12Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods they have been burning incense to, but they certainly will not save them in their time of disaster. # Dt 32:35-37 13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah, # Jr 2:28 and the altars you have set up to Shame # = Baal # Jr 3:24; Hs 9:10 — altars to burn incense to Baal — as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem.
14“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, # Jr 7:16; 14:11 for I will not be listening when they call out to Me at the time of their disaster.
15What right does My beloved have
to be in My house, # Jr 7:1-15
having carried out so many evil schemes?
Can holy meat # = sacrificial meat # Hg 2:12 prevent your disaster # LXX; MT reads meat pass from you
so you can rejoice?
16The Lord named you
a flourishing olive tree, # Ps 52:8; 128:3; Hs 14:6
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed # Vg; MT reads broken # Ezk 31:12
with a great roaring sound. # Ezk 1:24
17“The Lord of Hosts who planted you # Is 5:2,7; Jr 2:21 has decreed disaster against you, because of the harm the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
18The Lord informed me, so I knew.
Then You helped me to see their deeds,
19for I was like a docile # Or pet lamb led to slaughter. # Ps 44:11,22; Is 53:7; Jr 12:3
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit; # Lit bread
let’s cut him off from the land of the living # Ps 27:13; Is 53:8; Ezk 26:20
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”
20But, Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests # Jr 9:7; 12:3 heart # Lit kidneys and mind, # Ps 7:9; 17:3; 26:2
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You. # Jr 20:12
21Therefore, here is what the Lord says concerning the people of Anathoth # Jr 1:1; 32:7-9 who want to take your life. They warn, “You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, # Am 7:13 or you will certainly die at our hand.” 22Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine. # Am 7:16-17 23They will have no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth # Jr 23:12 in the year of their punishment.”
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