Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 11:1 (show verse)
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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Jeremiah 11:2 (show verse)
“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 11:3 (show verse)
You must tell them: This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let a curse be on the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
Jeremiah 11:4 (show verse)
which I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace.’ I declared: ‘Obey Me, and do everything that I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God,’
Jeremiah 11:5 (show verse)
in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today.”
I answered, “Amen, Lord.”
I answered, “Amen, Lord.”
Jeremiah 11:6 (show verse)
The Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Obey the words of this covenant and carry them out.
Jeremiah 11:7 (show verse)
For I strongly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt until today, warning them time and time again, ‘Obey My voice.’
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Jeremiah 11:8 (show verse)
Yet they would not obey or pay attention; each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant, because they had not done what I commanded them to do.”
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Jeremiah 11:9 (show verse)
The Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been discovered among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 11:10 (show verse)
They have returned to the sins of their ancestors who refused to obey My words and have followed other gods to worship them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke My covenant I made with their ancestors.
Jeremiah 11:11 (show verse)
“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them.
Jeremiah 11:12 (show verse)
Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods they have been burning incense to, but they certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
Idolatry » Other customs of » Incense burned on altars
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are idolaters
Salvation » What cannot save
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » Economy » God's
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are idolaters
Salvation » What cannot save
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
FALSE » Economy » God's
Jeremiah 11:13 (show verse)
Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah, and the altars you have set up to Shame—altars to burn incense to Baal—as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 11:14 (show verse)
“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me at the time of their disaster.
Jeremiah 11:15 (show verse)
to be in My house,
having carried out so many evil schemes?
Can holy meat
so you can rejoice?
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Jeremiah 11:16 (show verse)
a flourishing olive tree,
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed
with a great roaring sound.
Jeremiah 11:17 (show verse)
“The Lord of Hosts who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the harm the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
Jeremiah 11:18 (show verse)
Then You helped me to see their deeds,
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Jeremiah 11:19 (show verse)
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;
let’s cut him off from the land of the living
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”
Jeremiah 11:20 (show verse)
who tests
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.
Jeremiah 11:21 (show verse)
Therefore, here is what the Lord says concerning the people of Anathoth who want to take your life. They warn, “You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or you will certainly die at our hand.”
Anathoth » City of refuge in benjamin » Prophecies against
Hindrances » Opposers » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Jeremiah » The prophet » Conspiracy against
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Persecuting
Hindrances » Opposers » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Jeremiah » The prophet » Conspiracy against
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Persecuting
Jeremiah 11:22 (show verse)
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine.
Jeremiah 11:23 (show verse)
They will have no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”