Verse 5
Jeremiah 11:5
Free Bible Version
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I did this to fulfill what I promised to your forefathers—to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it still is today. Amen, Lord, I answered.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְמַעַן֩ הָקִ֨ים אֶת הַ/שְּׁבוּעָ֜ה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי לַ/אֲבֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֗ם לָ/תֵ֤ת לָ/הֶם֙ אֶ֣רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֛ב וּ/דְבַ֖שׁ כַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/זֶּ֑ה וָ/אַ֥עַן וָ/אֹמַ֖ר אָמֵ֥ן יְהוָֽה
English Translation
In order to establish the oath which I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day, and I answered and said, Amen, O Lord.
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Chapter 11 Context
1
This is the Lord's message that came to Jeremiah:
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2
Listen to the terms of this agreement, and then repeat them to the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
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3
Tell them this is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: You are cursed if you don't obey...
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4
I made this agreement with your forefathers when I led them out of Egypt, out of the iron-making fur...
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5
I did this to fulfill what I promised to your forefathers—to give them a land flowing with milk and...
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Then the Lord told me, Go and publicly announce this whole message in the towns of Judah and in the...
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7
From the time I led your forefathers out of Egypt until now, I seriously warned them time and again,...
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8
But they refused to obey, they wouldn't listen. Instead each of them followed their own stubborn and...
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9
The Lord told me, There is a rebellion happening among the people of Judah and those living in Jerus...
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10
They have gone back to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey what I said. They have gone...
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11
So this is what the Lord says: I'm going to bring upon them a disaster they won't be able to escape....
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12
Then the people in the towns of Judah and Jerusalem will go and call out for help to the gods they'v...
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13
You certainly have as many gods as you have towns, Judah! You have built shameful altars, altars to...
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14
Jeremiah, don't pray for these people. Don't cry for help or offer a prayer on their behalf, because...
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15
What right do the people I love have to be in my Temple when they've done so many evil things? Do yo...
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16
At one time the Lord said you were a healthy olive tree, full of leaves and bearing beautiful fruit....
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17
I, the Lord Almighty, was the one who planted you, but I have announced you will be destroyed becaus...
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18
The Lord told me about it, so I knew. Then he showed me what they were actually doing.
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19
I was like a trusting little lamb being led away to be slaughtered. I didn't know that they had been...
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20
I appeal to you, Lord Almighty, you who judge rightly and examine people's thoughts and feelings, le...
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21
So this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth who are trying to kill you, telling you,...
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22
This is the reply of the Lord Almighty: I will punish them. Their young men will be killed by the sw...
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