Jeremiah 11:1–9

The Broken Covenant

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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

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

⁴which 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,’

⁵in 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.”

⁶And 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.

⁷‘For I solemnly ^awarned your fathers in the ^bday that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, ^1cwarning persistently, saying, “^dListen to My voice.”

⁸‘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.’ ”

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