Jeremiah 11 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

The Broken Covenant

1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord,

2“Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem.

3Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant

4which I commanded your fathers at the time that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Listen to My voice and do according to all that I command you. So you shall be My people, and I will be your God,’

5that I may complete the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.” ’ ” Then I answered, “Amen (so be it), O Lord.”

6And the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Hear the words of this covenant and do them.

7For I solemnly warned your fathers at the time that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning them persistently, saying, “Obey My voice.”

8Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubborn way of his evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’ ”

9Then the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the people of Jerusalem.

10They have returned to the wickedness of their ancestors who refused to hear My words; they have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.”

11Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster and suffering on them which they will not be able to escape; though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them.

12Then the cities of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they cannot save them in the time of their disaster.

13For the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah; and the number of the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.

14“Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I shall not listen when they cry to Me in the time of their disaster.

15“What right has My beloved in My house

When she has done many vile things and acted treacherously?

Can vows and the meat of your sacrifices remove your wickedness from you and cancel the consequences of your sin,

So that you can rejoice?”

16The Lord called your name,

“A green olive tree, fair and beautiful in fruit and form”;

But with the roar of a great tempest

He has set fire to it,

And its branches are worthless.

17For the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil and horror against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me by offering sacrifices and burning incense to Baal.

Plots against Jeremiah

18¶Then the Lord gave me knowledge, and I knew it;

So You revealed their deeds to me.

19But I was like a gentle and tame lamb brought to the slaughter;

And I did not know that they had devised plots and schemes against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;

Let us cut him off from the land of the living,

That his name be remembered no longer.”

20But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,

Who tests the feelings and the heart (mind),

Let me see Your vengeance on them,

For to You I have committed my cause.

21Therefore thus says the Lord regarding the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, so that you will not die by our hand.”

22Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, I am about to punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and their daughters will die by famine;

23and there will be no remnant left, for I will bring disaster and horror on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”