Jeremiah 11:9-23

9Then the Lord said to me, “A 1conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10They have 2turned back to the iniquities of their 3ancestors who 4refused to hear My words, and they 5have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have 6broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.” 11Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am 7bringing disaster on them which they will 8not be able to escape; though they will 9cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them. 12Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will 10go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster. 13For your gods are 1112as many as your cities, O Judah; and 13as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the 14shameful thing, altars to 15burn incense to Baal.

14“Therefore 16do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will 17not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.15What right has My 18beloved in My house When 19she has done many vile deeds? Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster, 20So that you can rejoice?”16The Lord called your name, “A 21green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”; With the 22noise of a great tumult He has 23kindled fire on it, And its branches are worthless. 17The Lord of hosts, who 24planted you, has 25pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have 26done to provoke Me by 2728offering up sacrifices to Baal.

18Moreover, the Lord 29made it known to me and I knew it; Then You showed me their deeds.19But I was like a gentle 30lamb led to the slaughter; And I did not know that they had 31devised plots against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its 32fruit, And 33let us cut him off from the 34land of the living, That his 35name be remembered no more.”20But, O Lord of hosts, who 36judges righteously, Who 37tries the 38feelings and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I 39committed my cause.

21Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of 40Anathoth, who 41seek your life, saying, “42Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, so that you will not 43die at our hand”; 22therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, I am about to 44punish them! The 45young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine; 23and a remnant 46will not be left to them, for I will 47bring disaster on the men of Anathoth--48the year of their punishment.”