Jeremiah · Bible in Basic English
Jeremiah 11 Bible in Basic English
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1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
2 Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,
2 “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
3 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,
3 and say to them, Yahweh, the God of Israel says: ‘Cursed is the man who doesn’t hear the words of this covenant,
4 To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:
4 which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace,’ saying, ‘Obey my voice and do them, according to all which I command you; so you shall be my people, and I will be your God;
5 So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.
5 that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is today.” Then I answered, and said, “Amen, Yahweh.”
6 And the Lord said to me, Give out these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Give ear to the words of this agreement and do them.
6 Yahweh said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.
7 For I gave certain witness to your fathers on the day when I took them up out of the land of Egypt, and even to this day, getting up early and witnessing and saying, Give ear to my voice.
7 For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, “Obey my voice.”
8 But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.
8 Yet they didn’t obey, nor turn their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn’t do them.’”
9 And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.
9 Yahweh said to me, “A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.
10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
11 So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.
11 Therefore Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on them which they will not be able to escape; and they will cry to me, but I will not listen to them.
12 Then the towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go crying for help to the gods to whom they have been burning perfumes: but they will give them no salvation in the time of their trouble.
12 Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
13 For the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah; and for every street in Jerusalem you have put up altars to the Baal for burning perfumes to the Baal.
13 For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.’
14 And as for you, make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them: for I will not give ear to their cry in the time of their trouble.
14 “Therefore don’t pray for this people. Don’t lift up cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
15 About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?
15 What has my beloved to do in my house, since she has behaved lewdly with many, and the holy flesh has passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice.”
16 You had been named by the Lord, A branching olive-tree, fair with beautiful fruit: with the noise of a great rushing he has put it on fire and its branches are broken.
16 Yahweh called your name, “A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit.” With the noise of a great roar he has kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken.
17 For the Lord of armies, by whom you were planted, has given his decision for evil against you, because of the evil which the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done, In moving me to wrath by offering perfumes to the Baal.
17 For Yahweh of Armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal.
18 And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.
18 Yahweh gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it. Then you showed me their doings.
19 But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
19 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”
20 But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.
20 But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.
21 So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:
21 “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy in Yahweh’s name, that you not die by our hand’—
22 So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will send punishment on them: the young men will be put to the sword; their sons and their daughters will come to death through need of food:
22 therefore Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Behold, I will punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by famine.
23 Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.
23 There will be no remnant to them, for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.’”
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Jeremiah 11:6; Exodus 19:5; 2 Kings 11:17; Jeremiah 34:13–16; 2 Kings 23:2–3
- 3 Deuteronomy 27:26; Deuteronomy 29:19–20; Deuteronomy 28:15–68; Galatians 3:10–13
- 4 Leviticus 26:12; Deuteronomy 4:20; Jeremiah 7:22–23; Zechariah 8:8; Jeremiah 24:7
- 5 Psalm 105:9–11; Jeremiah 28:6; Deuteronomy 7:12–13; Leviticus 20:24; Exodus 13:5
- 6 James 1:22; Romans 2:13; Jeremiah 7:2; John 13:17; Jeremiah 3:12
- 7 2 Chronicles 36:15; 1 Samuel 8:9; Ephesians 4:17; Exodus 15:26; Exodus 23:21–22
- 8 Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 35:15; Ezekiel 20:8; Jeremiah 3:17
- 9 Hosea 6:9; Ezekiel 22:25–31; Matthew 21:38–39; Jeremiah 8:10; Matthew 26:15
- 10 Deuteronomy 31:16; Ezekiel 16:59; Judges 2:12–13; Psalm 78:8–10; 1 Samuel 15:11
- 11 Isaiah 1:15; Ezekiel 8:18; Proverbs 1:28; Micah 3:4; Zechariah 7:13
- 12 Deuteronomy 32:37; Jeremiah 2:28; Isaiah 45:20; Judges 10:14; 2 Chronicles 28:22
- 13 Jeremiah 2:28; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Kings 21:4–5; Jeremiah 3:1–2; Jeremiah 19:5
- 14 Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 14:11; 1 John 5:16; Exodus 32:10
- 15 Proverbs 2:14; Titus 1:15; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 7:8–11; James 4:16
- 16 Romans 11:17–24; Psalm 52:8; Isaiah 27:11; Psalm 80:16; Matthew 3:10
- 17 Isaiah 5:2; Jeremiah 12:2; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 19:15; Jeremiah 18:8
- 18 2 Kings 6:9–10; 1 Samuel 23:11–12; Ezekiel 8:6–18; Jeremiah 11:19; 2 Kings 6:14–20
- 19 Jeremiah 20:10; Isaiah 53:7–8; Psalm 83:4; Jeremiah 18:18; Job 28:13
- 20 Jeremiah 20:12; Jeremiah 17:10; Psalm 7:9; 1 Samuel 16:7; Revelation 2:23
- 21 Jeremiah 20:10; Amos 2:12; Jeremiah 12:5–6; Luke 13:33–34; Isaiah 30:10
- 22 Jeremiah 18:21; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Lamentations 2:21; Jeremiah 9:21
- 23 Jeremiah 23:12; Jeremiah 50:27; Luke 19:44; Micah 7:4; Hosea 9:7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Hear, for example, what God saith unto this last, "Pray not thou for this people, for I will not hear thee." And why marvellest thou if I hear not thee?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
let John the Baptist interpret it, when he says, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.) They devised against Me a wicked device, saying --(He who knows the devices, knew He not the result of them?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… thing it is impossible to receive, not only if themselves ask it, but although others having much confidence towards God entreat for them, like as even Jeremiah praying for the Jews did hear, "Pray not thou for this people, because I will not hear thee." But if all things are there, and thou ask things expedient, and contribute all thine …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)