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For the people of Israel and Judah have done evil, arousing my anger by burning incense to Baal.” <a href="/esv/jeremiah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> The LORD of hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you, because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, provoking me to anger by making offerings to Baal.” <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.” <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/11.htm">King James Bible</a> For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/11.htm">New King James Version</a> “For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal.” <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The LORD of armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me by offering sacrifices to Baal. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> The LORD of hosts, 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 provoke Me by offering up sacrifices to Baal. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the LORD of hosts, 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 provoke Me by offering up sacrifices to Baal. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yahweh of hosts, who planted you, has spoken forth evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger by burning incense to Baal. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil and horror against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me [to anger] by offering sacrifices and burning incense to Baal. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “The LORD of Armies who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.” <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220The LORD of Hosts who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the harm the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.&#8221 <a href="/asv/jeremiah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I am the LORD All-Powerful. You people of Judah were like a tree that I had planted, but you have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal, just as the northern kingdom did. And now I'm going to pull you up by the roots. * <a href="/erv/jeremiah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD of Armies planted you. He has pronounced disaster on you. This is because of the evil things that Israel and Judah have done. They have made him furious by burning incense as an offering to Baal. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> "I, the LORD Almighty, planted Israel and Judah; but now I threaten them with disaster. They have brought this on themselves because they have done wrong; they have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> The LORD of the Heavenly Armies who planted you has called for disaster on you because of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, has provoked me by burning incense to Baal." <a href="/msb/jeremiah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/11.htm">NET Bible</a> For though I, the LORD who rules over all, planted you in the land, I now decree that disaster will come on you because the nations of Israel and Judah have done evil and have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal." <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For the LORD of hosts, 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 worked for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal." <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense to Baal. <a href="/web/jeremiah/11.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And YHWH of Hosts, who is planting you, "" Has spoken calamity concerning you, "" For the evil of the house of Israel, and of the house of Judah, "" That they have done to themselves, "" To provoke Me to anger, to make incense to Ba‘al.” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah of Hosts, who is planting thee, Hath spoken evil concerning thee, For the evil of the house of Israel, and of the house of Judah, That they have done to themselves, To provoke Me to anger, to make perfume to Baal. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah of armies planting thee, spake evil against thee, on account of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah which they did to themselves to irritate me, burning incense to Baal.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the Lord of hosts that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee: for the evils of the house of Israel, and the house of Juda, which they have done to themselves, to provoke me, offering sacrifice to Baalim. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced an evil against you, concerning the evils of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves so as to provoke me, by offering libations to Baal.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/11.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD of hosts who planted you has decreed disaster for you because of the evil done by the house of Israel and by the house of Judah, who provoked me by sacrificing to Baal. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, provoking me to anger by making offerings to Baal.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense to Baal. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts who planted you, speaks evil against you, because of the wickedness of the house of Israel, and of the house of Yehuda that they had done to themselves, to anger me, setting out incense for Baal<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking Me by offering unto Baal. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord that planted thee has pronounced evils against thee, because of the iniquity of the house of Israel and the house of Juda, whatsoever they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger by burning incense to Baal. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/11-17.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=3546" 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> …16The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed. 17<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5193.htm" title="5193: han·nō·w·ṭê·a‘ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To plant. A primitive root; properly, to strike in, i.e. Fix; specifically, to plant.">who planted</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯāḵ (DirObjM:: 2fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">has decreed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1558.htm" title="1558: biḡ·lal (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- An account. From galal; a circumstance; only used adverbially, on account of.">on account of</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘aṯ (N-fsc) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">the evil that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇêṯ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">and the house</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.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">have brought upon themselves,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707: lə·haḵ·‘i·sê·nî (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 1cs) -- To be vexed or angry. A primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant.">provoking Me to anger</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.">by burning 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> <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="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a> I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ... <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a> I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved. <a href="/ezekiel/15-6.htm">Ezekiel 15:6-8</a> Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem. / And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD. / Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.” <a href="/matthew/21-18.htm">Matthew 21:18-19</a> In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry. / Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered. <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-6</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2-4</a> Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. / The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” / Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. <a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Hosea 10:1-2</a> Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars. / Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars. <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a> Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ... <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-16</a> You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ... <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Micah 7:1-4</a> Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave. / The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. ... <a href="/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12-14</a> The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry. / Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs. / Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement. <a href="/luke/13-6.htm">Luke 13:6-9</a> Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. / So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ / ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Deuteronomy 32:32-33</a> But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. / Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. <a href="/isaiah/27-2.htm">Isaiah 27:2-6</a> In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard. / I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it; / I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground. ... <a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a> The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For the LORD of hosts, that planted you, has pronounced evil against you, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense to Baal.that.<a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21</a> Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?<a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Jeremiah 12:2</a> Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.<a href="/jeremiah/24-6.htm">Jeremiah 24:6</a> For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.pronounced.<a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Jeremiah 11:11</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.<a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">Jeremiah 16:10,11</a> And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? … <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Jeremiah 18:8</a> If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Decreed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-20.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/psalms/105-5.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Provoking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Wrought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-16.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-16.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">Decreed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">Pronounced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-6.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-30.htm">Provoking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">Worked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-3.htm">Wrought</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The LORD of Hosts, who planted you This phrase emphasizes God's sovereignty and His role as the Creator and Sustainer of Israel. The title "LORD of Hosts" signifies His command over heavenly armies, underscoring His power and authority. The imagery of planting suggests care and intention, reflecting God's covenant relationship with Israel, akin to a gardener nurturing a vineyard (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>). This metaphor is also seen in the New Testament, where Jesus refers to Himself as the true vine (<a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1</a>), indicating a continuation of this divine care and purpose.has decreed disaster against you This part of the verse highlights the theme of divine judgment. The decree of disaster is a consequence of Israel's covenant unfaithfulness. In the historical context, this refers to the impending Babylonian exile, a fulfillment of the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> for disobedience. The prophetic nature of this decree is consistent with other warnings given by prophets like Isaiah and Ezekiel, who also spoke of judgment due to Israel's sins.on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves Here, the focus is on the collective responsibility of both the northern kingdom (Israel) and the southern kingdom (Judah). Their evil actions, particularly idolatry and social injustice, are self-inflicted wounds leading to their downfall. This reflects the biblical principle of sowing and reaping (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a>). The division of the kingdom after Solomon's reign (1 Kings 12) set the stage for distinct yet parallel paths of rebellion against God.provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal This phrase identifies the specific sin of idolatry, particularly the worship of Baal, a Canaanite deity. The act of burning incense is symbolic of worship and devotion, which should have been directed to Yahweh alone. The cultural context reveals the syncretism that plagued Israel, as they adopted pagan practices from surrounding nations. This idolatry is a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and is frequently condemned by prophets. The anger of God is not capricious but a righteous response to covenant betrayal. This also foreshadows the ultimate fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Jesus Christ, who would restore true worship and reconcile humanity to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a> This title emphasizes God's sovereignty and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. It underscores His authority to judge and execute justice. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_israel_and_the_house_of_judah.htm">The House of Israel and the House of Judah</a> These represent the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, God's chosen people who have turned away from Him. 3. <a href="/topical/b/baal.htm">Baal</a> A Canaanite deity to whom the Israelites were burning incense, symbolizing their idolatry and unfaithfulness to God. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet through whom God delivers this message of impending judgment due to the people's disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/d/disaster.htm">Disaster</a> The consequence decreed by God as a result of the people's idolatry and rebellion against Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a> God, as the LORD of Hosts, has the ultimate authority to judge His people. His decrees are just and righteous, reflecting His holiness. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry provokes God's anger and leads to severe consequences. Believers must guard against placing anything above God in their lives. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a> The unfaithfulness of Israel and Judah serves as a warning. Christians are called to remain faithful and obedient to God, avoiding the pitfalls of spiritual adultery. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> While judgment is pronounced, God's desire is for His people to repent and return to Him. There is always hope for restoration through genuine repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Prophets like Jeremiah are God's messengers, calling people back to righteousness. We should heed the warnings and teachings of Scripture as God's word to us today.<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/why_has_jerusalem_faced_such_sorrow.htm">Why has Jerusalem suffered such great devastation and sorrow?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_spirits_transfer_entities.htm">How are spirits transferred between entities?</a> <a href="/q/where_does_god_foil_false_prophets.htm">Where in documented history is there solid evidence that God 'foils the signs of false prophets' (Isaiah 44:25) in the direct, miraculous manner described?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_hosea_2_19-20_vows_fit_with_god's_covenant.htm">How do the vows of renewed betrothal in Hosea 2:19-20 fit with earlier scriptures that suggest God's covenant with Israel was already established and unbreakable?</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>(17) The Lord of hosts, that planted thee.--As in <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm" title="Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?">Jeremiah 2:21</a>, stress is laid on the fact that Jehovah had planted the tree and bestowed on it all the conditions of fruitfulness, and that it was He who now passed the sentence of condemnation.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - The Lord of hosts, that planted thee; He who "planted" Israel (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21</a>) could also uproot it; and though, for the sake of his covenant with Abraham, he would not destroy it utterly, yet he could not but interpose as Judge to punish its manifold transgressions. Israel and Judah are mentioned together; for the prophets, so far as we know them from their works, did not recognize the separation of the two kingdoms. Against themselves; rather, for themselves; i.e. to please themselves. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The LORD וַיהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts צְבָאוֹת֙ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign who planted הַנּוֹטֵ֣עַ (han·nō·w·ṭê·a‘) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5193.htm">Strong's 5193: </a> To strike in, fix, to plant you אוֹתָ֔ךְ (’ō·w·ṯāḵ) Direct object marker | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case has decreed דִּבֶּ֥ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue disaster רָעָ֑ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil upon you, עָלַ֖יִךְ (‘ā·la·yiḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against because of בִּ֠גְלַל (biḡ·lal) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1558.htm">Strong's 1558: </a> A circumstance, on account of the evil that רָעַ֨ת (rā·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil the house בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and the house וּבֵ֣ית (ū·ḇêṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Judah יְהוּדָ֗ה (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 have brought upon themselves, עָשׂ֥וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make provoking Me to anger לְהַכְעִסֵ֖נִי (lə·haḵ·‘i·sê·nî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3707.htm">Strong's 3707: </a> To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant by burning 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 <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Jeremiah 11:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 11:17 For Yahweh of Armies who planted you (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 11:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 11:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11:18" /></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>