Jeremiah 11
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Jeremiah and the Covenant
1The LORD said to me, 2“Listen to the terms of the covenant. Tell the people of Judah and of Jerusalem 3that I, the LORD God of Israel, have placed a curse on everyone who does not obey the terms of this covenant. 4It is the covenant I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, the land that was like a blazing furnace to them. I told them to obey me and to do everything that I had commanded. I told them that if they obeyed, they would be my people and I would be their God. 5Then I would keep the promise I made to their ancestors that I would give them the rich and fertile land which they now have.”
I said, “Yes, LORD.”
6Then the LORD said to me, “Go to the cities of Judah and to the streets of Jerusalem. Proclaim my message there and tell the people to listen to the terms of the covenant and to obey them. 7When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly warned them to obey me, and I have kept on warning the people until this day. 8But they did not listen or obey. Instead, everyone continued to be as stubborn and evil as ever. I had commanded them to keep the covenant, but they refused. So I brought on them all the punishments described in it.”
9Then the LORD said to me, “The people of Judah and of Jerusalem are plotting against me. 10They have gone back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to do what I said; they have worshipped other gods. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant that I made with their ancestors. 11So now, I, the LORD, warn them that I am going to bring destruction on them, and they will not escape. And when they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them. 12Then the people of Judah and of Jerusalem will go to the gods to whom they offer sacrifices and will cry out to them for help. But those gods will not be able to save them when this destruction comes. 13The people of Judah have as many gods as they have cities, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have set up as many altars for sacrifices to that disgusting god Baal as there are streets in the city. 14Jeremiah, don't pray to me or plead with me on behalf of these people. When they are in trouble and call to me for help, I will not listen to them.”
15The LORD says, “The people I love are doing evil things. What right have they to be in my Temple? Do they think they can prevent disaster by making promises#11.15 One ancient translation promises; Hebrew many. and by offering animal sacrifices? Will that make them happy? 16I once called them a leafy olive tree, full of beautiful fruit; but now, with a roar like thunder I will set its leaves on fire and break its branches.
17“I, the LORD Almighty, planted Israel and Judah; but now I threaten them with disaster. They have brought this on themselves because they have done wrong; they have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal.”
A Plot against Jeremiah's Life
18The LORD informed me of the plots that my enemies were making against me. 19I was like a trusting lamb taken out to be killed, and I did not know that it was against me that they were planning evil things. They were saying, “Let's chop down the tree while it is still healthy;#11.19 Probable text while it is still healthy; Hebrew with its bread. let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more.”
20Then I prayed, “Almighty LORD, you are a just judge; you test people's thoughts and feelings. I have placed my cause in your hands; so let me watch you take revenge on these people.”
21The people of Anathoth wanted me killed, and they told me that they would kill me if I kept on proclaiming the LORD's message. 22So the LORD Almighty said, “I will punish them! Their young men will be killed in war; their children will die of starvation. 23I have set a time for bringing disaster on the people of Anathoth, and when that time comes, none of them will survive.”
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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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