Jeremiah:11

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* The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD : * "Hear the words of this covenant , and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem . * You shall say to them , Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : Cursed be the man who does not heed the words of this covenant * which I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt , from the iron furnace , saying , Listen to my voice , and do all that I command you . So shall you be my people , and I will be your God , * that I may perform the oath which I swore to your fathers , to give them a land flowing with milk and honey , as at this day ." Then I answered , "So be it , LORD ." * And the LORD said to me , "Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah , and in the streets of Jerusalem : Hear the words of this covenant and do them . * For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt , warning them persistently , even to this day , saying , Obey my voice . * Yet they did not obey or incline their ear , but every one walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart . Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant , which I commanded them to do , but they did not ." * Again the LORD said to me , "There is revolt among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem . * 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 . * Therefore , thus says the LORD , Behold , I am bringing evil upon them which they cannot escape ; though they cry to me , I will not listen to them . * Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense , but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble . * For your gods have become as many as your cities , O Judah ; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to shame , altars to burn incense to Ba 'al . * "Therefore do not pray for this people , or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf , for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble . * What right has my beloved in my house , when she has done vile deeds ? Can vows and sacrificial flesh avert your doom ? Can you then exult ? * The LORD once called you , `A green olive tree , fair with goodly fruit '; but with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it , and its branches will be consumed . * The LORD of hosts , who planted you , has pronounced evil against you , because of the evil which the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done , provoking me to anger by burning incense to Ba 'al ." * The LORD made it known to me and I knew ; then thou didst show me their evil deeds . * But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter . I did not know it was against me they devised schemes , saying , "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit , let us cut him off from the land of the living , that his name be remembered no more ." * But , O LORD of hosts , who judgest righteously , who triest the heart and the mind , let me see thy vengeance upon them , for to thee have I committed my cause . * Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of An 'athoth , who seek your life , and say , "Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD , or you will die by our hand "-- * therefore thus says 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 ; * and none of them shall be left . For I will bring evil upon the men of An 'athoth , the year of their punishment ."

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