Jeremiah 11:1–13

The Broken Covenant

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

²“^aHear the words of this ^bcovenant, and you shall speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem

³and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “^aCursed is the man who does not hear the words of this covenant

⁴which I commanded your fathers 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,’

⁵in order to establish the ^aoath 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, “^bAmen, O Yahweh.”

⁶And Yahweh said to me, “^aCall out all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘^bHear the words of this covenant so that you will ^cdo them.

⁷‘For I solemnly ^awarned your fathers in the ^bday that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, ^crising up early and warning, saying, “^dListen to My voice.”

⁸‘Yet they ^adid not listen 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.’”

⁹Then Yahweh said to me, “A ^aconspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁰“They have ^aturned back to the iniquities of their ¹ancestors who ^brefused to hear My words, and they ^chave walked after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have ^dbroken My covenant which I cut with their fathers.”

¹¹Therefore thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am ^abringing calamity on them which they will ^bnot be able to get out of; and they will ^ccry to Me, yet I will not listen to them.

¹²“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 calamity.

¹³“For your gods are ^athe number of your cities, O Judah; and the number of the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the ^bshameful thing, altars to ^cburn incense to Baal.