Jeremiah 11

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Broken Covenant

11 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, ² “^(A)Hear the words of this ^(B)covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; ³ and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “^(C)Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant ⁴ which I commanded your forefathers in the ^(D)day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the ^(E)iron furnace, saying, ‘^(F)Listen to My voice, and ^[a]do according to all which I command you; so you shall be ^(G)My people, and I will be your God,’ ⁵ in order to confirm the ^(H)oath which I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I said, “^(I)Amen, O Lord.”

⁶ And the Lord said to me, “^(J)Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘^(K)Hear the words of this covenant and ^(L)do them. ⁷ For I solemnly ^(M)warned your fathers in the ^(N)day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, ^[b](O)warning persistently, saying, “^(P)Listen to My voice.” ⁸ Yet they ^(Q)did not obey or incline their ear, but walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart; therefore I brought on them all the ^(R)words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’”

⁹ Then the Lord said to me, “A ^(S)conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ¹⁰ They have ^(T)turned back to the iniquities of their ^[c]ancestors who ^(U)refused to hear My words, and they ^(V)have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have ^(W)broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.” ¹¹ Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am ^(X)bringing disaster on them which they will ^(Y)not be able to escape; though they will ^(Z)cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them. ¹² Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will ^(AA)go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster. ¹³ For your gods are ^[d](AB)as many as your cities, O Judah; and ^[e]as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the ^(AC)shameful thing, altars to ^(AD)burn incense to Baal.

¹⁴ “Therefore ^(AE)do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will ^(AF)not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.

¹⁷ The Lord of hosts, who ^(AL)planted you, has ^(AM)pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have ^[g]done to provoke Me by ^[h](AN)offering up sacrifices to Baal.

Plots against Jeremiah

²¹ Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of ^(AW)Anathoth, who ^(AX)seek your life, saying, “^(AY)Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, so that you will not ^(AZ)die at our hand”; ²² therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, I am about to ^(BA)punish them! The ^(BB)young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine; ²³ and a remnant ^(BC)will not be left to them, for I will ^(BD)bring disaster on the men of Anathoth—^(BE)the year of their punishment.”