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You have as many altars of shame—altars for burning incense to your god Baal—as there are streets in Jerusalem. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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 make offerings to Baal. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’ <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/11.htm">King James Bible</a> For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/11.htm">New King James Version</a> For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For your gods are as many as your cities, Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars for burning incense to Baal. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For your gods are as many as your cities, O Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For your gods are as many as your cities, O Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For your gods are the number of your cities, O Judah; and the number of the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For [as many as] the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah; and [as many as] the number of the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah, and the altars you have set up to Shame —altars to burn incense to Baal—as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah, and the altars you have set up to Shame —altars to burn incense to Baal—as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Judah, you have as many gods as you have cities. You have set up many altars [in Jerusalem] to sacrifice to Baal. You have as many altars as there are streets in Jerusalem. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> The people of Judah have as many gods as they have cities, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have set up as many altars for sacrifices to that disgusting god Baal as there are streets in the city. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> Judah, you have as many gods as you have towns, and you have set up as many altars to the shameful idols as there are streets in Jerusalem. You burn incense to Baal on these altars. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up?the altars to burn incense to Baal?are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/11.htm">NET Bible</a> This is in spite of the fact that the people of Judah have as many gods as they have towns and the citizens of Jerusalem have set up as many altars to sacrifice to that disgusting god, Baal, as they have streets in the city!' <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.' <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal. <a href="/web/jeremiah/11.htm">World English Bible</a> 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.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For the number of your cities have been your gods, O Judah, "" And [for] the number of the streets of Jerusalem You have placed altars to a shameful thing, "" Altars to make incense to Ba‘al. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And -- the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For from the numbering of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and from the numbering of the streets of Jerusalem, ye set up altars to shame, altars to burn incense to Baal.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda: and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem thou hast set up altars of confusion, altars to offer sacrifice to Baalim. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For according to the number of your cities, so were your gods, O Judah. And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem, so did you establish altars of confusion, altars to offer libations to Baal. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/11.htm">New American Bible</a> For as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah! As many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars for sacrifice to Baal. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For your gods have become as many as your towns, O Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars to shame you have set up, altars to make offerings to Baal.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because your gods have been according to the number of your cities, Yehuda. By the number of the streets of Jerusalem, you set up altars for disgrace, altars to present incense to Baal<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to offer unto Baal. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to burn incense to Baal. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3491" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/11.htm">The Broken Covenant</a> …12Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster. 13<a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">Your gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">are</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">indeed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: mis·par (N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">as numerous</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·re·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">as your cities,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">O Judah;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ (N-mp) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/1322.htm" title="1322: lab·bō·šeṯ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Shame, shameful thing. From buwsh; shame; by implication an idol.">of shame</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śam·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">you have set up—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ (N-mp) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altars</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: lə·qaṭ·ṭêr (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">to burn incense</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: lab·bā·‘al (Prep-l, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">to Baal—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: ū·mis·par (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">are as many</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ḥu·ṣō·wṯ (N-mpc) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">as the streets</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem.’</a> 14As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Hosea 4:17</a> Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone! <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-12</a> They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. / They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.” <a href="/isaiah/2-8.htm">Isaiah 2:8</a> Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16-17</a> They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. / They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. <a href="/1_kings/11-33.htm">1 Kings 11:33</a> For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did. <a href="/ezekiel/16-24.htm">Ezekiel 16:24-25</a> you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square. / At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by. <a href="/2_chronicles/28-23.htm">2 Chronicles 28:23-25</a> He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel. / Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem. / In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers. <a href="/judges/10-13.htm">Judges 10:13-14</a> But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. / Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.” <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5-7</a> who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? / Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these? / On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. <a href="/1_corinthians/8-5.htm">1 Corinthians 8:5-6</a> For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. <a href="/acts/17-16.htm">Acts 17:16</a> While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols. <a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Romans 1:23-25</a> and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. / Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. <a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a> Little children, keep yourselves from idols. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a> Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. <a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8</a> Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.For according.<a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Jeremiah 2:28</a> But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.<a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1,2</a> They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD… <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16,17</a> They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger… up altars.<a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Jeremiah 19:5</a> They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:<a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm">Jeremiah 32:35</a> And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.<a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4,5</a> And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name… shameful thing.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Shameful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Street</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-6.htm">Streets</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Altars</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-14.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-19.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Perfumes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Shameful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-21.htm">Street</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Streets</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 11</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/11-1.htm">Jeremiah proclaims God's covenant;</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">rebukes the peoples' disobeying thereof;</a> 11. <a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">prophesies evils to come upon them;</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm">and upon the men of Anathoth, for conspiring to kill him.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase highlights the rampant idolatry in Judah during Jeremiah's time. Each city had its own deity, reflecting a departure from exclusive worship of Yahweh. This mirrors the situation in <a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">2 Kings 17:29-31</a>, where various gods were worshiped in Israel. The proliferation of gods indicates a deep spiritual decline and a violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). Historically, this period was marked by syncretism, where the worship of Yahweh was mixed with Canaanite religious practices.the altars of shame you have set up— The "altars of shame" refer to places of idol worship, which were considered abominations in the eyes of God. These altars were often erected on high places, as seen in <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a>, where Judah built high places, sacred stones, and Asherah poles. The term "shame" underscores the moral and spiritual degradation associated with idolatry. Archaeological findings have uncovered numerous high places and altars throughout ancient Judah, confirming the biblical narrative of widespread idol worship.the altars to burn incense to Baal— Baal was a prominent Canaanite deity associated with fertility and storms. The worship of Baal involved rituals that were detestable to Yahweh, including child sacrifice and sexual immorality (<a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Jeremiah 19:5</a>). The burning of incense was a common practice in Baal worship, as seen in <a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5</a>, where Josiah removed the idolatrous priests who burned incense to Baal. This practice was a direct challenge to the worship of Yahweh, who alone was to be worshiped with incense offerings (<a href="/exodus/30-7.htm">Exodus 30:7-8</a>).are as many as the streets of Jerusalem. The comparison to the streets of Jerusalem emphasizes the extent of idolatry, suggesting that idol worship was as common as the streets themselves. Jerusalem, the spiritual center of Judah, had become a hub of idolatrous practices, contrary to its intended role as the city of God (<a href="/psalms/48.htm">Psalm 48:1-2</a>). This widespread idolatry foreshadowed the coming judgment and exile, as prophesied in <a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11</a>. The spiritual state of Jerusalem serves as a warning against turning away from God and highlights the need for repentance and return to true worship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. It was the primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah, urging them to repent and return to God. 3. <a href="/topical/b/baal.htm">Baal</a> A Canaanite deity often associated with fertility and weather, whose worship was a recurring problem for the Israelites, leading them away from the worship of Yahweh. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, significant as the religious and political center, where the temple of Yahweh was located. 5. <a href="/topical/a/altars_of_shame.htm">Altars of Shame</a> Refers to the numerous altars built for idol worship, particularly for Baal, which were considered abominations in the sight of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must examine our lives for modern-day idols, such as money, power, or relationships. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unfaithfulness.htm">The Consequences of Unfaithfulness</a> Just as Judah faced consequences for their idolatry, we too face spiritual consequences when we turn away from God. Repentance and returning to God are crucial. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_exclusive_worship.htm">The Call to Exclusive Worship</a> God demands exclusive worship and loyalty. We are called to love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind, rejecting any form of idolatry. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_leaders.htm">The Role of Prophets and Leaders</a> Jeremiah's role as a prophet was to call out sin and guide the people back to God. Spiritual leaders today have a similar responsibility to lead with truth and integrity. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_vigilance.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Vigilance</a> The proliferation of altars in Judah serves as a warning to remain vigilant in our spiritual lives, ensuring that our worship remains pure and focused on God alone.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 11</a> <a href="/q/do_historical_records_confirm_jeremiah_42.htm">Jeremiah 42:11-12: The text promises divine protection from Babylon; do non-biblical historical records confirm or contradict this claim?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_judah-israel_conspiracy.htm">Jeremiah 11:9-10: Is there archaeological or historical evidence of a widespread 'conspiracy' among Judah and Israel during Jeremiah's time?</a> <a href="/q/proof_of_judah_and_joseph's_restoration.htm">Zechariah 10:6: Where is the historical proof of the promised restoration of both Judah and Joseph on a massive scale?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_angel_moroni.htm">What does the Bible say about Babylon?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) According to the number of thy cities . . .--This and <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm" title="Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry to the gods to whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.">Jeremiah 11:12</a> reproduce what we have heard already in <a href="/context/jeremiah/2-27.htm" title="Saying to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.">Jeremiah 2:27-28</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm" title="See you not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?">Jeremiah 7:17</a>. The "shameful thing" is, as in <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm" title="For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.">Jeremiah 3:24</a>, the image of Baal, which would seem to have been set up openly in some prominent place in every city of Judan, every street of Jerusalem. The reference is probably made, as before, to the formal recognition of Baal-worship in the days of Manasseh (<a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm" title="For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.">2Kings 21:3</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm" title="For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.">2Chronicles 33:3</a>), but the sin may have been repeated as soon as the restraint of Josiah's reign had been removed. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - That shameful thing; rather, the shame. The name Baal is changed, to mark the abhorrence of the speaker, into Bosheth (see <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Jeremiah 3:24</a>). Manasseh, we are told, "raised up altars for Baal" (<a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Your gods אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative are הָי֥וּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be indeed כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction as numerous מִסְפַּ֣ר (mis·par) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> A number, definite, indefinite, narration as your cities, עָרֶ֔יךָ (‘ā·re·ḵā) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement O Judah, יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and the altars מִזְבְּחוֹת֙ (miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar you have set up שַׂמְתֶּ֤ם (śam·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set to shame— לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת (lab·bō·šeṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1322.htm">Strong's 1322: </a> Shame, shameful thing the altars מִזְבְּח֖וֹת (miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar to burn incense לְקַטֵּ֥ר (lə·qaṭ·ṭêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire to Baal— לַבָּֽעַל׃ (lab·bā·‘al) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> Baal -- a heathen god are as many וּמִסְפַּ֞ר (ū·mis·par) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> A number, definite, indefinite, narration as the streets חֻצ֣וֹת (ḥu·ṣō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors of Jerusalem. יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jeremiah 11:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 11:13 For according to the number of your (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 11:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 11:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>