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Jeremiah 11
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The Terms of This Covenant

11The Message that came to Jeremiah from GOD:H1697H3414H3068H559 2"Preach to the people of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem.H8085H1697H1285H1696H376H3063H3427H3389 3Tell them this: 'This is GOD's Message, the Message of Israel's God to you. Anyone who does not keep the terms of this covenant is cursed.H559H559H3068H430H3478H779H376H8085H1697H1285 4The terms are clear. I made them plain to your ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt, out of the iron furnace of suffering. "'Obey what I tell you. Do exactly what I command you. Your obedience will close the deal. You'll be mine and I'll be yours.H6680H1H3117H3318H776H4714H1270H3564H559H8085H6963H6213H6680H5971H430 5This will provide the conditions in which I will be able to do what I promised your ancestors: to give them a fertile and lush land. And, as you know, that's what I did.'" "Yes, GOD," I replied. "That's true."H6965H7621H7650H1H5414H776H2100H2461H1706H3117H6030H559H543H3068 6GOD continued: "Preach all this in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Say, 'Listen to the terms of this covenant and carry them out!H3068H559H7121H1697H5892H3063H2351H3389H559H8085H1697H1285H6213 7I warned your ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt and I've kept up the warnings. I haven't quit warning them for a moment. I warned them from morning to night: "Obey me or else!"H5749H5749H1H3117H5927H776H4714H3117H7925H5749H559H8085H6963 8But they didn't obey. They paid no attention to me. They did whatever they wanted to do, whenever they wanted to do it, until finally I stepped in and ordered the punishments set out in the covenant, which, despite all my warnings, they had ignored.'"H8085H5186H241H3212H376H8307H7451H3820H935H1697H1285H6680H6213H6213 9Then GOD said, "There's a conspiracy among the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.H3068H559H7195H4672H376H3063H3427H3389 10They've plotted to reenact the sins of their ancestors—the ones who disobeyed me and decided to go after other gods and worship them. Israel and Judah are in this together, mindlessly breaking the covenant I made with their ancestors."H7725H5771H7223H1H3985H8085H1697H1980H310H312H430H5647H1004H3478H1004H3063H6565H1285H3772H1 11"Well, your God has something to say about this: Watch out! I'm about to visit doom on you, and no one will get out of it. You're going to cry for help but I won't listen.H559H3068H935H7451H3201H3318H2199H8085 12Then all the people in Judah and Jerusalem will start praying to the gods you've been sacrificing to all these years, but it won't do a bit of good.H5892H3063H3427H3389H1980H2199H430H6999H3467H3467H6256H7451 13You've got as many gods as you have villages, Judah! And you've got enough altars for sacrifices to that impotent sex god Baal to put one on every street corner in Jerusalem!"H4557H5892H430H3063H4557H2351H3389H7760H4196H1322H4196H6999H1168 14"And as for you, Jeremiah, I don't want you praying for this people. Nothing! Not a word of petition. Indeed, I'm not going to listen to a single syllable of their crisis-prayers."H6419H5971H5375H7440H8605H8085H6256H7121H7451

Promises and Pious Programs

15"What business do the ones I love have figuring out how to get off the hook? And right in the house of worship! Do you think making promises and devising pious programs will save you from doom? Do you think you can get out of this by becoming more religious?H3039H1004H6213H4209H7227H6944H1320H5674H7451H5937 16A mighty oak tree, majestic and glorious— that's how I once described you. But it will only take a clap of thunder and a bolt of lightning to leave you a shattered wreck.H3068H7121H8034H7488H2132H3303H8389H6529H6963H1419H1999H3341H784H1808H7489 17"I, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, who planted you—yes, I have pronounced doom on you. Why? Because of the disastrous life you've lived, Israel and Judah alike, goading me to anger with your continuous worship and offerings to that sorry god Baal."H3068H6635H5193H1696H7451H1558H7451H1004H3478H1004H3063H6213H3707H6999H1168 18God told me what was going on. That's how I knew. You, GOD, opened my eyes to their evil scheming.H3068H3045H3045H7200H4611 19I had no idea what was going on—naive as a lamb being led to slaughter! I didn't know they had it in for me, didn't know of their behind-the-scenes plots: "Let's get rid of the preacher. That will stop the sermons! Let's get rid of him for good. He won't be remembered for long."H3532H441H2986H2873H3045H2803H4284H7843H6086H3899H3772H776H2416H8034H2142 20Then I said, "GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, you're a fair judge. You examine and cross-examine human actions and motives. I want to see these people shown up and put down! I'm an open book before you. Clear my name."H3068H6635H8199H6664H974H3629H3820H7200H5360H1540H7379 21That sent a signal to GOD, who spoke up: "Here's what I'll do to the men of Anathoth who are trying to murder you, the men who say, 'Don't preach to us in GOD's name or we'll kill you.'H559H3068H582H6068H1245H5315H559H5012H8034H3068H4191H3027 22Yes, it's GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies speaking. Indeed! I'll call them to account: Their young people will die in battle, their children will die of starvation,H559H3068H6635H6485H970H4191H2719H1121H1323H4191H7458 23and there will be no one left at all, none. I'm visiting the men of Anathoth with doom. Doomsday!"H7611H935H7451H582H6068H8141H6486


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