Jer 11
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The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying,
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Hear you the words of this covenant, and you shall speak to the men of Juda, and to
the dwellers in Jerusalem;
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and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Cursed is the man, who
shall not hearken to the words of this covenant,
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which I commanded your fathers, in the day wherein I brought them up out of the land
of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to my voice, and do all things
that I shall command you; so shall you be to me a people, and I will be to you a God;
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that I may confirm mine 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 and said, So be it, O Lord.
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And the Lord said to me, Read these words in the cities of Juda, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them.
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But they did them not.
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And the Lord said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Juda, and among the
dwellers in Jerusalem.
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They are turned aside to the iniquities of their fathers that were of old, who would
not hearken to my words: and, behold, they go after strange gods, to serve them: and
the house of Israel and the house of Juda have broken my covenant, which I made with
their fathers.
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Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, I bring evils upon this people, out of which
they shall not be able to come forth; and they shall presently cry to me, but I will
not hearken to them.
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And the cities of Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem shall go, and cry to the gods
to whom they burn incense; which shall not deliver them in the time of their troubles.
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For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Juda; and according to
the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to burn incense to Baal.
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And you, pray not for this people, and intercede not for them in supplication and
prayer: for I will not hear in the day in which they call upon me, in the day of their
affliction.
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Why has my beloved wrought abomination in my house? will prayers and Gr. holy flesh, pl. holy offerings take away your wickedness
from you, or shall you escape by these things?
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The Lord called your name a fair olive tree, of a goodly shade in appearance, at the
noise of its being lopped, fire was kindled against it; great is the affliction coming
upon you: her branches are become good for nothing.
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And the Lord that planted you has pronounced evils against you, because of the iniquity
of the house of Israel and the house of Juda, whatever they have done against themselves
to provoke me to anger by burning incense to Baal.
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O Lord, teach me, and I shall know: then I saw their practices.
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But I as an innocent lamb led to the slaughter, knew not: against me they devised
an evil device, saying, Come and let us See Hebrew put wood into his bread, and let us utterly destroy him from off the land
of the
living, and let his name not be remembered any more.
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O Lord, that judge righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see your vengeance
taken upon them, for to you I have declared my cause.
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Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek my life, that
say, You shall not prophesy at all in the name of the Lord, but if you do, you shall
die by our hands:
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behold, I will visit Gr. upon them them: their young men shall die by the sword; and their sons and their daughters
shall die of famine:
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and there shall be no remnant left of them; for I will bring evil upon the dwellers
in Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.