Jeremiah 11

1This is the wordH1697 thatH834 cameH1961 toH413 JeremiahH3414 from the LORDH3068H559: 2“ListenH8085 to the wordsH1697 of thisH2063 covenantH1285 and tell themH1696 toH413 the menH376 of JudahH3063H5921 and the residentsH3427 of JerusalemH3389. 3You must tell them thatH559H413 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559: Cursed isH779 the manH376 whoH834 does notH3808 obeyH8085 the wordsH1697 of thisH2063 covenantH1285, 4whichH834 I commandedH6680 your forefathersH1 whenH3117 I brought them outH3318 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714, out of the ironH1270 furnaceH3564, sayingH559, ‘Obey MeH8085H6963, and doH6213 everythingH3605 I command youH6680, and you will beH1961 My peopleH5971, and IH595 will beH1961 your GodH430.’ 5This was in order toH4616 establishH6965 the oathH7621 I sworeH7650 to your forefathersH1, to give themH5414 a landH776 flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706, as it is to this dayH3117H2088.”

“AmenH543, LORDH3068,” I answeredH6030H559.

6Then the LORDH3068 saidH559 to meH413, “ProclaimH7121 allH3605 theseH428 wordsH1697 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 and in the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389, sayingH559: HearH8085 the wordsH1697 of thisH2063 covenantH1285 and carry them outH6213. 7ForH3588 from the timeH3117 I broughtH5927 your fathersH1 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 untilH5704 todayH3117H2088, I strongly warned themH5749 again and againH7925H5749,1 sayingH559, ‘ObeyH8085 My voiceH6963.’ 8Yet they wouldH3808 notH3808 obeyH8085 or inclineH5186 their earsH241, but each oneH376 followedH1980 the stubbornnessH8307 of his evilH7451 heartH3820. So I broughtH935 onH5921 themH853 allH3605 the cursesH1697 of thisH2063 covenantH1285 I had commanded themH6680 to followH6213 but they did not keepH6213H3808.”

9And the LORDH3068 toldH559 meH413, “There isH4672 a conspiracyH7195 among the menH376 of JudahH3063 and the residentsH3427 of JerusalemH3389. 10They have returnedH7725 toH5921 the sinsH5771 of their forefathersH1H7223 whoH834 refusedH3985 to obeyH8085 My wordsH1697. TheyH1992 have followedH1980H310 otherH312 godsH430 to serve themH5647. The houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 have brokenH6565 the covenantH1285 I madeH3772 withH854 their fathersH1.

11ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068H2005 saysH559: ‘I am about to bringH935 upon themH413 a disasterH7451 thatH834 they cannotH3808H3201 escapeH3318H4480. They will cry outH2199 to MeH413, but I will notH3808 listenH8085 to themH413. 12Then the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 and the residentsH3427 of JerusalemH3389 will goH1980 and cry outH2199 toH413 the godsH430 to whichH834 theyH1992 have been burning incenseH6999, but these gods certainly will notH3808 saveH3467 them in their timeH6256 of disasterH7451. 13Your godsH430 areH1961 indeedH3588 as numerousH4557 as your citiesH5892, O JudahH3063; the altarsH4196 of shameH1322 you have set upH7760—the altarsH4196 to burn incenseH6999 to BaalH1168—are as manyH4557 as the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389.’

14As for youH859, do notH408 prayH6419 forH1157 theseH2088 peopleH5971. Do notH408 raise upH5375 a cryH7440 or a prayerH8605 on their behalfH1157, forH3588 I will notH369 be listeningH8085 when they call outH7121 to MeH413H1157 in their timeH6256 of disasterH7451.

A Plot against Jeremiah

(Jeremiah 18:18–23)

17The LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, who plantedH5193 youH853, has decreedH1696 disasterH7451 against youH5921 on account ofH1558 the evil thatH7451 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 have brought upon themselvesH6213, provoking Me to angerH3707 by burning incenseH6999 to BaalH1168.”

21ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559 concerningH5921 the peopleH582 of AnathothH6068 who are seekingH1245 your lifeH5315 and sayingH559, “You must notH3808 prophesyH5012 in the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068H3808, or you will dieH4191 by our handH3027.” 22SoH3651 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635H2005 saysH559: “I will punish themH6485H5921. Their young menH970 will dieH4191 by the swordH2719, their sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323 by famineH7458. 23There will beH1961 noH3808 remnantH7611, forH3588 I will bringH935 disasterH7451 onH413 the peopleH582 of AnathothH6068 in the yearH8141 of their punishmentH6486.”