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Jeremiah 11
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Jeremiah and the Covenant

11The LORD said to me,H1697H3414H3068H559
2"Listen to the terms of the covenant. Tell the people of Judah and of JerusalemH8085H1697H1285H1696H376H3063H3427H3389
3that I, the LORD God of Israel, have placed a curse on everyone who does not obey the terms of this covenant.H559H559H3068H430H3478H779H376H8085H1697H1285
4It 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.H6680H1H3117H3318H776H4714H1270H3564H559H8085H6963H6213H6680H5971H430
5Then 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."H6965H7621H7650H1H5414H776H2100H2461H1706H3117H6030H559H543H3068
6Then 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.H3068H559H7121H1697H5892H3063H2351H3389H559H8085H1697H1285H6213
7When 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.H5749H5749H1H3117H5927H776H4714H3117H7925H5749H559H8085H6963
8But 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."H8085H5186H241H3212H376H8307H7451H3820H935H1697H1285H6680H6213H6213
9Then the LORD said to me, "The people of Judah and of Jerusalem are plotting against me.H3068H559H7195H4672H376H3063H3427H3389
10They 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.H7725H5771H7223H1H3985H8085H1697H1980H310H312H430H5647H1004H3478H1004H3063H6565H1285H3772H1
11So 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.H559H3068H935H7451H3201H3318H2199H8085
12Then 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.H5892H3063H3427H3389H1980H2199H430H6999H3467H3467H6256H7451
13The 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.H4557H5892H430H3063H4557H2351H3389H7760H4196H1322H4196H6999H1168
14Jeremiah, 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."H6419H5971H5375H7440H8605H8085H6256H7121H7451
15The 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?H3039H1004H6213H4209H7227H6944H1320H5674H7451H5937
16I 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.H3068H7121H8034H7488H2132H3303H8389H6529H6963H1419H1999H3341H784H1808H7489
17"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.H3068H3045H3045H7200H4611
19I 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."H3532H441H2986H2873H3045H2803H4284H7843H6086H3899H3772H776H2416H8034H2142
20Then 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."H3068H6635H8199H6664H974H3629H3820H7200H5360H1540H7379
21The people of Anathoth wanted me killed, and they told me that they would kill me if I kept on proclaiming the LORD's message.H559H3068H582H6068H1245H5315H559H5012H8034H3068H4191H3027
22So the LORD Almighty said, "I will punish them! Their young men will be killed in war; their children will die of starvation.H559H3068H6635H6485H970H4191H2719H1121H1323H4191H7458
23I 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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