JER-11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

JER-11:2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the

men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

JER-11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of

Israel; Cursed [be] the man that obeyeth not the words of this

covenant,

JER-11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day [that] I

brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron

furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all

which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be

your God:

JER-11:5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto

your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey,

as [it is] this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

JER-11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in

the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying,

Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

JER-11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day

[that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto

this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

JER-11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked

every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I

will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I

commanded [them] to do; but they did [them] not.

JER-11:9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among

the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

JER-11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their

forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after

other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of

Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

JER-11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring

evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and

though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

JER-11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of

Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense:

 but they shall not save them at all in the time of their

trouble.

JER-11:13 For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy

gods, O Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of

Jerusalem have ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even]

altars to burn incense unto Baal.

JER-11:14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift

up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear [them] in the

time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

JER-11:15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, [seeing] she

hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed

from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

JER-11:16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair,

[and] of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath

kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

JER-11:17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath

pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of

Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against

themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

JER-11:18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge [of it], and I

know [it]: then thou showedst me their doings.

JER-11:19 But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought

to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices

against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit

thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living,

that his name may be no more remembered.

JER-11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that

triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them:

 for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

JER-11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth,

that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD,

 that thou die not by our hand:

JER-11:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will

punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons

and their daughters shall die by famine:

JER-11:23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will

bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, [even] the year of their

visitation. 

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