Jeremiah 11

11^*The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, ^2aHear ye the words of ^athis covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; ³And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; ^bCursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, ⁴Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, ^cfrom the iron furnace, ^dsaying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: ^dso shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: ⁵That I may perform ^ethe oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them ^fa land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, ^†So be it, O Lord. ⁶Then the Lord said unto me, Proclaim all these words ^ffin the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ^aHear ye the words of this covenant, and ^bgdo them. ⁷For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, ^hrising early and protesting, ^dsaying, Obey my voice. ⁸ⁱYet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but ^kwalked every one in the ^||imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all ^athe words of this covenant, ^gwhich I commanded them to do; but they did them not. ⁹And the Lord said unto me, ^lA conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ¹⁰They are turned back to ^mthe iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah ⁿhave broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. ¹¹Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able ^†to escape; and ^othough they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. ¹²Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their ^†trouble. ^13pFor according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that ^†shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. ^14qTherefore pray not thou for this people, ^qneither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for ^oI will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their ^†trouble.

^15r†What hath ^smy beloved to do in mine house, seeing ^tshe hath wrought lewdness with many, and ^uthe holy flesh is passed from thee? ^||when thou doest evil, ^vthen thou rejoicest. ¹⁶The Lord called thy name, ^wA green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great ^xtumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and ^ythe branches of it are broken. ¹⁷For the Lord of hosts, ^zthat planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves ^ato provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. ¹⁸And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. ¹⁹But I was ^blike a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that ^cthey had devised devices against me, ^dsaying, ^eLet us destroy ^†gthe tree with the fruit thereof, and ^hlet us cut him off from ⁱthe land of the living, ^jthat his name may be no more remembered. ²⁰But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, ^kthat ^ltriest the reins and ^mthe heart, ⁿlet me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

²¹Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of ^oAnathoth, ^pthat seek thy life, saying, ^qProphesy not in the name of the Lord, ^rthat thou die not by our hand: ²²Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will ^†punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: ²³And there shall be no remnant of them: for ^sI will bring evil upon the men of ^oAnathoth, even ^stthe year of their visitation.