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 wrongdoings of their 3ancestors who 4refused to hear My words, and they 5have followed 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 this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am 7bringing disaster on them which they will 8not be able to escape; though they will 9cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. 12Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will 10go and cry out to the gods to whom they 11burn incense, but they certainly will not save them in the time of their disaster. 13For your gods are 1213as many as your cities, Judah; and 14as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the 15shameful thing, altars for 1617burning incense to Baal.

14“So as for you, 18do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will 19not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.15What right has My 20beloved in My house When 21she has carried out many evil schemes? Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster, 22So that you can rejoice?”16The Lord named you “A 23green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”; With the 24noise of a great 25tumult He has 26set fire to it, And its branches are worthless. 17The Lord of armies, who 27planted you, has 28pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, which they have 29done to provoke Me by 3031offering sacrifices to Baal.

18Moreover, the Lord 32made it known to me and I knew it; Then You showed me their deeds.19But I was like a gentle 33lamb led to the slaughter; And I did not know that they had 34devised plots against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its 35fruit, And 36let’s cut him off from the 37land of the living, So that his 38name will no longer be remembered.”20But, Lord of armies, who 39judges righteously, Who 40puts the 41feelings and the heart to the test, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You I have 42committed my cause.

21Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the people of 43Anathoth, who are 44seeking your life, saying: “45Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, so that you do not 46die by our hand”; 22therefore, this is what the Lord of armies says: “Behold, I am going to 47punish them! The 48young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine; 23and a remnant 49will not be left to them, because I will 50bring disaster on the people of Anathoth--51the year of their punishment.”