Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 11

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Jeremiah 11 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 11 of Jeremiah—New World Translation (NWT)

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1. ¶ The word that occurred to Jeremiah^[a] from Jehovah, saying:
2. “Hear the words of this covenant, YOU men!
   ¶ “And you must speak¹ them to the men^[b] of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
3. and you must say to them, ‘This is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said: “Cursed is the man^[c] that does not listen to the words of this covenant,²
4. which I commanded YOUR forefathers in the day of my bringing them out of the land of Egypt,³ out of the furnace of iron,⁴ saying, ‘Obey my voice, and YOU must do things according to all that I command YOU;⁵ and YOU will certainly become my people and I myself shall become YOUR God,^[d]6
5. for the purpose of carrying out the oath that I swore to YOUR forefathers,⁷ to give them the land flowing with milk and honey,⁸ as in this day.’”’”
   ¶ And I proceeded to answer and say: “Amen,^[e] O Jehovah.”
6. ¶ And Jehovah went on to say to me: “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem,⁹ saying, ‘Hear, YOU people, the words of this covenant, and YOU must do them.¹⁰
7. For I solemnly admonished YOUR forefathers in the day of my bringing them up out of the land of Egypt¹¹ and down to this day, rising up early and admonishing, saying: “Obey my voice.”¹²
8. But they did not listen or incline their ear,¹³ but they kept walking each one in the stubbornness of their bad heart;¹⁴ and so I brought upon them all the words of this covenant that I commanded [them] to do, but that they did not do.’”
9. ¶ Furthermore, Jehovah said to me: “Conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.¹⁵
10. They have returned to the errors of their forefathers,¹⁶ the first ones, who refused to obey^[f] my words, but who themselves have walked after other gods^[g] in order to serve them.¹⁷ The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I concluded with their forefathers.¹⁸
11. Therefore this is what Jehovah has said, ‘Here I am bringing upon them a calamity¹⁹ that they will not be able to get out of;²⁰ and they will certainly call to me for aid, but I shall not listen to them.²¹
12. And the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will have to go and call for aid to the gods^[h] to which they are making sacrificial smoke,²² but which will positively bring no salvation to them in the time of their calamity.²³
13. For your gods have become as many as your cities, O Judah;²⁴ and as many altars as the streets of Jerusalem YOU people have placed for the shameful thing,²⁵ altars to make sacrificial smoke to Baʹal.’²⁶
14. ¶ “And as for you, do not pray in behalf of this people, and do not lift up in their behalf an entreating cry or a prayer,²⁷ for I shall not be listening in the time of their calling out to me in regard to their calamity.^[i]28
15. ¶ “What business does my beloved one have in my house,²⁹ that many of them should do this thing,³⁰ the [evil] device?³¹ And with holy flesh will they make [it] pass over from upon you,³² when your calamity [comes]? At that time will you exult?³³
16. ‘A luxuriant olive tree, pretty with fruit [and] in form,’ is what Jehovah has called your name.³⁴ With sound of the great roaring, he has set a fire blazing against her, and they have broken its branches.³⁵
17. ¶ “And Jehovah of armies himself, the Planter of you,^[j]36 has spoken against you a calamity on account of the badness of the house of Israel³⁷ and the house of Judah that they have committed on their own part to offend me in making sacrificial smoke to Baʹal.”³⁸
18. ¶ And Jehovah himself has informed me that I may know. At that time you caused me to see their dealings.³⁹
19. And I was like a male lamb, an intimate one, that is brought to slaughter,⁴⁰ and I did not know that it was against me that they thought out schemes:⁴¹ “Let us bring to ruin the tree with its food, and let us cut him off from the land of the living ones,⁴² that his very name may no more be remembered.”
20. But Jehovah of armies is judging with righteousness;⁴³ he is examining the kidneys^[k] and the heart.⁴⁴ O may I see your vengeance on them, for it is to you that I have revealed my case at law.⁴⁵
21. ¶ Therefore this is what Jehovah has said against the men of Anʹa·thoth⁴⁶ who are seeking for your soul,^[l] saying: “You must not prophesy in the name of Jehovah,⁴⁷ that you may not die at our hand”;
22. therefore this is what Jehovah of armies has said: “Here I am turning my attention upon them. The young men themselves will die by the sword.⁴⁸ Their sons and their daughters themselves will die by the famine.⁴⁹
23. And not even a remnant will there come to be for them, because I shall bring calamity upon the men of Anʹa·thoth,⁵⁰ the year of their being given attention.”⁵¹

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FOOTNOTES

1. ^ See 1:1 ftn, “Jeremiah.”
2. ^ “Men of.” Heb., ʼish, sing. but used collectively.
3. ^ “The man.” Heb., ha·ʼishʹ.
4. ^ Lit., “to God.” Heb., lEʼ·lo·himʹ, pl.
5. ^ Or, “So be it.” Heb., ʼa·menʹ.
6. ^ Or, “hear.”
7. ^ “Gods.” Heb., ʼelo·himʹ.
8. ^ “The gods.” Heb., ha·ʼelo·himʹ.
9. ^ “In regard to their calamity,” M; TLXXSyVg and 34 Heb. mss, “in the time of their calamity.”
10. ^ “You,” fem. sing.
11. ^ Or, “deepest emotions.” Heb., kela·yohthʹ.
12. ^ “Seeking for your soul,” MSyVg; LXX, “seeking for my soul”; T, “seeking to put you to death.”

REFERENCES

1. ^ Je 1:7
2. ^ De 27:26; 28:15; Ga 3:10; Heb 8:9
3. ^ Ex 24:3; Eze 20:6
4. ^ Ex 13:3; De 4:20; 1Ki 8:51
5. ^ Le 26:3; 1Sa 15:22; Je 7:23
6. ^ Ge 17:8; Le 26:12; Eze 11:20; 2Co 6:16
7. ^ Ge 15:18; De 7:12; Ps 105:9
8. ^ Ex 3:8; Le 20:24; De 6:3; Jos 5:6; Eze 20:6
9. ^ Is 58:1
10. ^ De 6:3; Jn 13:17; Ro 2:13; Jm 1:22
11. ^ Ex 15:26
12. ^ Je 7:13; 25:4; 35:15
13. ^ Ne 9:16; Je 6:16; 7:26; Eze 20:8; Zc 7:11
14. ^ Ps 78:8; 81:12; Is 65:2; Je 3:17; 7:24; 9:14; Zc 7:12; Ro 10:21
15. ^ Je 5:31; Eze 22:25
16. ^ Jg 2:11; Ps 78:8; Eze 20:18; Ac 7:51
17. ^ Jg 2:17; 1Sa 8:8; 2Ki 22:17; 2Ch 28:23
18. ^ De 31:16; 2Ki 17:7; Eze 16:59; Ho 6:7; Heb 8:9
19. ^ 2Ki 22:16; 2Ch 34:24; Je 6:19; Eze 7:5
20. ^ Pr 29:1; Am 2:14
21. ^ Ps 18:41; Pr 1:28; Is 1:15; Je 14:12; Eze 8:18; Mc 3:4; Zc 7:13
22. ^ De 32:37; Is 45:20
23. ^ Je 2:28
24. ^ De 32:17
25. ^ Ho 9:10
26. ^ Je 7:9
27. ^ Je 7:16; 14:11; 1Jo 5:16
28. ^ Ps 66:18; Ho 5:6
29. ^ Je 2:3
30. ^ Je 3:8
31. ^ Eze 16:25
32. ^ Hg 2:12
33. ^ Jm 4:16
34. ^ Ps 52:8; Ro 11:17
35. ^ Mt 3:10
36. ^ Ps 44:2; Is 5:2; Je 2:21
37. ^ Je 19:15
38. ^ 2Ki 23:5; Je 7:9; 19:5
39. ^ Eze 8:6
40. ^ Is 53:7
41. ^ Ps 37:32; Je 18:18
42. ^ Ps 116:9; 142:5
43. ^ Ge 18:25; Ps 98:9; Ac 17:31
44. ^ 1Sa 16:7; 1Ch 28:9; Ps 7:9; Pr 11:20; Je 17:10; 20:12; Re 2:23
45. ^ 1Sa 24:15
46. ^ Je 1:1
47. ^ Is 30:10; Am 2:12; 7:16
48. ^ 2Ch 36:17; La 2:21
49. ^ Je 18:21
50. ^ Jos 21:18; 1Ch 6:60
51. ^ Je 23:12; 46:21; Mc 7:4; Lu 19:44

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