11The LORD said to me,H1697H3414H3068H5592"Listen to the terms of the covenant. Tell the people of Judah and of JerusalemH8085H1697H1285H1696H376H3063H3427H33893that I, the LORD God of Israel, have placed a curse on everyone who does not obey the terms of this covenant.H559H559H3068H430H3478H779H376H8085H1697H12854It 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.H6680H1H3117H3318H776H4714H1270H3564H559H8085H6963H6213H6680H5971H4305Then 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."H6965H7621H7650H1H5414H776H2100H2461H1706H3117H6030H559H543H30686Then 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.H3068H559H7121H1697H5892H3063H2351H3389H559H8085H1697H1285H62137When 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.H5749H5749H1H3117H5927H776H4714H3117H7925H5749H559H8085H69638But 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."H8085H5186H241H3212H376H8307H7451H3820H935H1697H1285H6680H6213H62139Then the LORD said to me, "The people of Judah and of Jerusalem are plotting against me.H3068H559H7195H4672H376H3063H3427H338910They have gone back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to do what I said; they have worshiped other gods. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant that I made with their ancestors.H7725H5771H7223H1H3985H8085H1697H1980H310H312H430H5647H1004H3478H1004H3063H6565H1285H3772H111So 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.H559H3068H935H7451H3201H3318H2199H808512Then 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.H5892H3063H3427H3389H1980H2199H430H6999H3467H3467H6256H745113The 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.H4557H5892H430H3063H4557H2351H3389H7760H4196H1322H4196H6999H116814Jeremiah, 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."H6419H5971H5375H7440H8605H8085H6256H7121H745115The LORD says, "The people I love are doing evil things. What right do they have to be in my Temple? Do they think they can prevent disaster by making promises and by offering animal sacrifices? Will they then rejoice?H3039H1004H6213H4209H7227H6944H1320H5674H7451H593716I 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.H3068H7121H8034H7488H2132H3303H8389H6529H6963H1419H1999H3341H784H1808H748917"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."H3068H6635H5193H1696H7451H1558H7451H1004H3478H1004H3063H6213H3707H6999H1168
A Plot against Jeremiah’s Life
18The LORD informed me of the plots that my enemies were making against me.H3068H3045H3045H7200H461119I 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; let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more."H3532H441H2986H2873H3045H2803H4284H7843H6086H3899H3772H776H2416H8034H214220Then 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."H3068H6635H8199H6664H974H3629H3820H7200H5360H1540H737921The people of Anathoth wanted me killed, and they told me that they would kill me if I kept on proclaiming the LORD's message.H559H3068H582H6068H1245H5315H559H5012H8034H3068H4191H302722So the LORD Almighty said, "I will punish them! Their young men will be killed in war; their children will die of starvation.H559H3068H6635H6485H970H4191H2719H1121H1323H4191H745823I have set a time for bringing disaster on the people of Anathoth, and when that time comes, none of them will survive."H7611H935H7451H582H6068H8141H6486
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