Jer 11
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The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,
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Hear you the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem;
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and say you to them, Thus says YHWH, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that hears
not the words of this covenant,
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which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land
of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to
all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God;
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that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing
with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O YHWH.
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And YHWH said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them.
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For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of
the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my
voice.
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Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness
of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant,
which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.
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And YHWH said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants
of Jerusalem.
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They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my
words; and they are gone 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.
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Therefore thus says YHWH, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not
be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not hearken to them.
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Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry to the
gods to which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of
their trouble.
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For according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah; and according to
the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing,
even altars to burn incense to Baal.
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Therefore pray not you for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for
I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
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What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has wrought lewdness [with] many,
and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice.
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YHWH called your name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise
of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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For YHWH of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the
evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for
themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal.
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And YHWH gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then you showed me their doings.
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But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they
had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
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But, O YHWH of hosts, who judge righteously, who try the heart and the mind, I shall
see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
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Therefore thus says YHWH concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek your life, saying,
You shall not prophesy in the name of YHWH, that you die not by our hand;
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therefore thus says YHWH of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall
die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
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and there shall be no remnant to them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth,
even the year of their visitation.