Jeremiah 11
11:1The word coming from the lord to Jeremiah, saying,
11:2Hear the words of this covenant! And you shall speak to the men of Judah, and to the ones dwelling in Jerusalem.
11:3And you shall say to them, Thus says the lord God of Israel, Accursed is the man who shall not hearken to the words of this covenant,
11:4of which I gave charge to your fathers in the day I led them from out of the land of Egypt, from out of the furnace of iron, saying, Hearken to my voice, and do all as much as I give charge to you! And you will be to me for a people, and I will be to you for God.
11:5So that I should establish my oath which I swore by an oath to your fathers, to give to them a land flowing milk and honey, as this day. And I answered and said, May it be, O lord.
11:6And the lord said to me, Read all these words in the cities of Judah, and outside of Jerusalem! saying, Hear the words of this covenant, and do them!
11:7For bearing witness together I bore witness to your fathers in the day in which I led them out of the land of Egypt until this day. Rising early I bore witness saying, Hear my voice! And they did not hear, and they inclined not their ear; but they went each in the deformity of his evil heart. And all the words of this covenant entered unto them of which I commanded to be done.
11:8But they did not do.
11:9And the lord said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the ones dwelling in Jerusalem.
11:10They returned unto the iniquities of their fathers, of the ones prior, the ones not wanting to listen to my words. And behold, they went after strange gods, to serve them; and the house of Israel effaced and the house of Judah, my covenant which I ordained with their fathers.
11:11On account of this, thus says the lord, Behold, I bring upon them evils of which they shall not be able to come forth from out of them. And they shall cry out to me, and I will not listen to them.
11:12And the cities of Judah and the ones dwelling in Jerusalem shall go, and they shall cry out to their gods to whom they burn incense to them; the ones who shall not deliver them in the time of their evils.
11:13For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah. And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you arranged shrines to burn incense to Baal.
11:14And you, pray not for this people, and do not petition concerning them with supplication and prayer! For I will not listen in the time in which they call upon me, in the time of their affliction.
11:15What abomination did the one being loved in my house do? Shall vows and holy meats remove from you your evils, or by these will you evade?
11:16The lord called your name a beautiful well-shaded olive tree to the sight. In the sound of its being lopped a fire was lit unto it; her tender branches were made useless.
11:17And the lord of the forces, the one having planted you, spoke evils against you; against the evils of the house of Israel, and the house of Judah. For they did it to themselves, provoking me to anger in their burning incense to Baal.
11:18O lord, make it known to me! and I shall know. Then I knew their practices.
11:19But I am as a little lamb, guileless, being led for a sacrifice, not knowing. Against me they devised a device, saying, Come, and we should put wood for his bread, and we should obliterate him from the land of the living; and his name in no way shall be remembered any longer.
11:20O lord of the forces, judging just things, trying the kidneys and the hearts, may I behold the punishment exacted by you on them. For to you I revealed my right action.
11:21On account of this, Thus says the lord against the men of Anathoth, the ones seeking my life, the ones saying, In no way should you prophesy in the name of the lord, and if you do not agree you shall die by our hands.
11:22On account of this, thus says the lord of the forces, Behold, I will make a visit unto them. Their young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall come to an end in famine.
11:23And there will not be left of them. For I will bring evils upon the ones dwelling in Anathoth, in the year of their visitation.