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Jeremiah 11

CHAPTER 11 Judah Breaks Covenant with The LORD

1 The word coming from the lord to Jeremiah, saying, 2 Hear the words of this covenant! And you shall speak to the men of Judah, and to the ones dwelling in Jerusalem. 3 And you shall say to them, Thus says the lord God of Israel, Accursed is the man who shall not hearken to the words of this covenant, 4 of which I gave charge to your fathers in the day I led them from out of the land of Egypt, from out of the furnace of iron, saying, Hearken to my voice, and do all as much as I give charge to you! And you will be to me for a people, and I will be to you for God. 5 So that I should establish my oath which I swore by an oath to your fathers, to give to them a land flowing milk and honey, as this day. And I answered and said, May it be, O lord. 6 And the lord said to me, Read all these words in the cities of Judah, and outside of Jerusalem! saying, Hear the words of this covenant, and do them! 7 For bearing witness together I bore witness to your fathers in the day in which I led them out of the land of Egypt until this day. Rising early I bore witness saying, Hear my voice! And they did not hear, and they inclined not their ear; but they went each in the deformity [³heart ¹of his ²evil]. And [⁵entered ⁶unto ⁷them ¹all ²the ³words ⁴of this covenant] of which I commanded to be done. 8 But they did not do. 9 And the lord said to me, [²is found ¹A conspiracy] among the men of Judah, and among the ones dwelling in Jerusalem. 10 They returned unto the iniquities of their fathers, of the ones prior, the ones not wanting to listen to my words. And behold, they went after strange gods, to serve them; and [⁴effaced ¹the ²house ³of Israel] and the house of Judah, my covenant which I ordained with their fathers. 11 On account of this, thus says the lord, Behold, I bring upon them evils of which they shall not be able to come forth from out of them. And they shall cry out to me, and I will not listen to them. 12 And [⁷shall go ¹the cities ²of Judah ³and ⁴the ones ⁵dwelling ⁶in Jerusalem], and they shall cry out to their gods to whom they burn incense to them; the ones who shall not deliver them in the time of their evils. 13 For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah. And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you arranged shrines to burn incense to Baal. 14 And you, pray not for this people, and do not petition concerning them with supplication and prayer! For I will not listen in the time in which they call upon me, in the time of their affliction. 15 What [²did the ³one being loved ⁴in ⁵my house ⁶do ¹abomination]? Shall vows and [²meats ¹holy] remove from you your evils, or by these will you evade? 16 [⁶olive tree ⁴a beautiful ⁵well-shaded ⁷to the ⁸sight ²called ¹The lord ³your name]. In the sound of its being lopped [²was lit ¹a fire] unto it; [²were made useless ¹her tender branches]. 17 And the lord of the forces, the one having planted you, spoke [²against ³you ¹evils]; against the evils of the house of Israel, and the house of Judah. For they did it to themselves, provoking me to anger in their burning incense to Baal.

Jeremiah's Life is Threatened

18 O lord, make it known to me! and I shall know. Then I knew their practices. 19 But I am as a little lamb, guileless, being led for a sacrifice, not knowing. Against me they devised a device, saying, Come, and we should put wood for his bread, and we should obliterate him from the land of the living; and his name in no way shall be remembered any longer. 20 O lord of the forces, judging just things, trying the kidneys and the hearts, may I behold [²exacted by ³you ¹the punishment] on them. For to you I revealed my right action. 21 On account of this, Thus says the lord against the men of Anathoth, the ones seeking my life, the ones saying, In no way should you prophesy in the name of the lord, and if you do not agree you shall die by our hands. 22 On account of this, thus says the lord of the forces, Behold, I will make a visit unto them. Their young men [²by ³the sword ¹shall die]; their sons and their daughters shall come to an end in famine. 23 And [²left ¹there will not be] of them. For I will bring evils upon the ones dwelling in Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.