Jeremiah 11 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Broken Covenant

Jer 11:1The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Jer 11:2Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,

Jer 11:3The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,

Jer 11:4

Jer 11:4To 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:

Jer 11:5

Jer 11:5So 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.

Jer 11:6

Jer 11:6And 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.

Jer 11:7

Jer 11:7For 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.

Jer 11:8

Jer 11:8But 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.

Jer 11:9

Jer 11:9And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

Jer 11:10

Jer 11:10They 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.

Jer 11:11

Jer 11:11So 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.

Jer 11:12

Jer 11:12Then 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.

Jer 11:13

Jer 11:13For 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.

Jer 11:14

Jer 11:14And 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.

Jer 11:15

Jer 11:15About 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?

Jer 11:16

Jer 11:16You 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.

Jer 11:17

Jer 11:17For 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.

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Jer 11:18

Jer 11:18And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.

Jer 11:19

Jer 11:19But 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.

Jer 11:20

Jer 11:20But, 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.

Jer 11:21

Jer 11:21So 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:

Jer 11:22

Jer 11:22So 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:

Jer 11:23

Jer 11:23Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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The Broken Covenant

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