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Jeremiah 11

The Broken Covenant

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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

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aHear the words of this  bcovenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

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and say to them, `Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, " aCursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant

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which I commanded your forefathers in the  aday that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the  biron furnace, saying, ` cListen to My voice, and  1do according to all which I command you; so you shall be  dMy people, and I will be your God,'

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in order to confirm the  aoath which I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.""' Then I said, " bAmen, O LORD."

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And the LORD said to me, " aProclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ` bHear the words of this covenant and  cdo them.

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`For I solemnly  awarned your fathers in the  bday that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day,  1 cwarning persistently, saying, " dListen to My voice."

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`Yet they  adid not obey or incline their ear, but walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart; therefore I brought on them all the  bwords of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.' "

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Then the LORD said to me, "A  aconspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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"They have  aturned back to the iniquities of their  1ancestors who  brefused to hear My words, and they  chave gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have  dbroken My covenant which I made with their fathers."

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Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold I am  abringing disaster on them which they will  bnot be able to escape; though they will  ccry to Me, yet I will not listen to them.

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"Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will  ago and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster.

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"For your gods are  1 aas many as your cities, O Judah; and  1as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the  bshameful thing, altars to  cburn incense to Baal.

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"Therefore  ado not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will  bnot listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.

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"What right has My  abeloved in My house When  bshe has done many vile deeds? Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster,  1So that you can rejoice?"

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The LORD called your name, "A  agreen olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form"; With the  bnoise of a great tumult He has  ckindled fire on it, And its branches are worthless.

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The LORD of hosts, who  aplanted you, has  bpronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have  1done to provoke Me by  2 coffering up sacrifices to Baal.

Plots against Jeremiah

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Moreover, the LORD  amade it known to me and I knew it; Then You showed me their deeds.

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But I was like a gentle  alamb led to the slaughter; And I did not know that they had  bdevised plots against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its  1fruit, And  clet us cut him off from the  dland of the living, That his  ename be remembered no more."

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But, O LORD of hosts, who  ajudges righteously, Who  btries the  1feelings and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I  2committed my cause.

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Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of  aAnathoth, who  bseek your life, saying, " cDo not prophesy in the name of the LORD, so that you will not  ddie at our hand";

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therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, I am about to  apunish them! The  byoung men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine;

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and a remnant  awill not be left to them, for I will  bbring disaster on the men of Anathoth-- cthe year of their punishment."



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