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So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/11.htm">New Living Translation</a> but your ancestors did not listen or even pay attention. Instead, they stubbornly followed their own evil desires. And because they refused to obey, I brought upon them all the curses described in this covenant.’” <a href="/esv/jeremiah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone 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.” <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.” <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/11.htm">King James Bible</a> Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/11.htm">New King James Version</a> Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone followed the dictates of his evil heart; therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done.’ ” <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart, each one of them; therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’” <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart; therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart; therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’” <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart; therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’” <a href="/amp/jeremiah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Yet they did not obey or incline their ear [to listen to Me], but everyone walked in the stubborn way of his [own] evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all [the suffering threatened in] the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’” <a href="/csb/jeremiah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet they would not obey or pay attention; each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant, because they had not done what I commanded them to do.” <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet they would not obey or pay attention; each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant, because they had not done what I commanded them to do.&#8221 <a href="/asv/jeremiah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> have always been stubborn. You have refused to listen, and instead you have done whatever your sinful hearts have desired. You have not kept the agreement we made, so I will make you suffer every curse that goes with it. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But they didn't obey me or pay attention to me. They followed their own stubborn, evil ways. So I punished them, because they did not keep all the terms of the promise, the terms that I commanded them to keep." <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> But they did not listen or obey. Instead, everyone continued to be as stubborn and evil as ever. I had commanded them to keep the covenant, but they refused. So I brought on them all the punishments described in it." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> But they would not listen or turn their ear, and each of them stubbornly followed his own evil desires. So I brought on them all the consequences of this covenant that I commanded them to fulfill, but they did not.'" <a href="/msb/jeremiah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.? <a href="/net/jeremiah/11.htm">NET Bible</a> But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.'" <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Yet they did not obey, nor turn their ear, but walked everyone in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not do them.'" <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. <a href="/web/jeremiah/11.htm">World English Bible</a> Yet they didn’t obey, nor turn their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn’t do them.’” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they have not listened nor inclined their ear, "" And they each walk in the stubbornness of their evil heart, "" And I bring on them all the words of this covenant, "" That I commanded to do, and they did not.” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they walk each in the stubbornness of their evil heart, And I bring on them all the words of this covenant, That I commanded to do, and they did not.' <a href="/slt/jeremiah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they heard not, and inclined not their ear, and they went a man in the stubbornness of their evil heart: and I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant which I commanded to do; and they did not.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear: but walked every one in the perverseness of his own wicked heart: and I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, each one of them walked in the depravity of his own evil heart. And so, I brought over them all the words of this covenant, which I instructed them to do. But they would not do them.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/11.htm">New American Bible</a> But they did not listen or obey. They each walked in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, till I brought upon them all the threats of this covenant which they had failed to observe as I commanded them. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of an evil will. So I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But they neither obeyed nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of his evil heart; therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to obey, but they did not. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they did not listen, and they did not incline their ears, and they walked, every man, in the pleasures of their evil heart, and I brought all the words of this covenant upon them that I commanded them to hear, and they did not hear”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Yet they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart; therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.' <a href="/sep/jeremiah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But they did them not. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/11-8.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=3424" 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> …7For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’ 8<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Yet they would</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·mə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">obey</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: hiṭ·ṭū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">or incline</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ’ā·zə·nām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">their ears,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">but each one</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·lə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">followed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8307.htm" title="8307: biš·rî·rūṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Firmness, stubbornness. From sharar in the sense of twisted, i.e. Firm; obstinacy.">the stubbornness</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā‘ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">of his evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">heart.</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wā·’ā·ḇî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">So I brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: diḇ·rê (N-mpc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the curses</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">of this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: hab·bə·rîṯ- (Art:: N-fs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">covenant</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/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wî·ṯî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">I had commanded them</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.">to follow</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">but they did not keep.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> 9And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.…<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="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a> If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a> Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. <a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Nehemiah 9:29-30</a> You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. / You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. <a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a> These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!” <a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8</a> But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Hosea 9:9</a> They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins. <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a> But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” <a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a> But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2</a> All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, <a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-5</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Hosea 4:16</a> For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but they did them not.obeyed.<a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Jeremiah 3:17</a> At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.<a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Jeremiah 6:16,17</a> Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein… <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24,26</a> But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward… imagination.<a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a> But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.therefore.<a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a> I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a> But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:<a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Deuteronomy 29:21-24</a> And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/11-6.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-4.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-6.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-7.htm">Curses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-7.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-6.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Incline</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Inclined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-7.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-6.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-21.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-5.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Curses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-9.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Incline</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Inclined</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Obeyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-11.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Words</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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Throughout the Old Testament, God repeatedly calls His people to listen and obey (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>). The phrase "incline their ears" suggests a deliberate act of listening, which the people refused to do. This disobedience is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, where prophets like Jeremiah are sent to call the people back to covenant faithfulness. The refusal to listen is not just a physical act but a spiritual rebellion against God's authority.but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart The "stubbornness of his evil heart" indicates a deep-seated rebellion and moral corruption. In biblical anthropology, the heart is the center of will and decision-making (<a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a>). <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a> describes the heart as deceitful and desperately wicked, emphasizing humanity's need for divine intervention. This phrase underscores the individual responsibility of each person in their rebellion, as each one chose to follow their own desires rather than God's commands. It reflects the broader biblical narrative of human sinfulness and the need for a new heart, as promised in the New Covenant (<a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26</a>).So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant This refers to the covenantal curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a> and <a href="/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a>, which were consequences for disobedience to the Mosaic Covenant. These curses included military defeat, famine, and exile, all of which Judah experienced. The historical context is the Babylonian exile, a direct result of the nation's failure to uphold the covenant. This phrase emphasizes God's justice and faithfulness to His word, as He warned the people of the consequences of disobedience.I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep The commandments refer to the laws given through Moses, which were meant to set Israel apart as God's holy people (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>). The failure to keep these commandments is a central theme in the prophetic literature, highlighting the need for a savior who would perfectly fulfill the law. This points forward to Jesus Christ, who stated that He came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>). The inability of the people to keep the covenant underscores the necessity of the New Covenant, where the law would be written on their hearts (<a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by his deep emotional connection to his people and his unwavering commitment to God's truth. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was often warned by prophets like Jeremiah about their disobedience and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a> Refers to the Mosaic Covenant, which included laws and commandments given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. The covenant was conditional, promising blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_curses.htm">The Curses</a> Consequences outlined in the covenant for disobedience, as detailed in passages like <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. These included various forms of suffering and calamity as a result of turning away from God. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_evil_heart.htm">The Evil Heart</a> A reference to the sinful nature of humanity, which inclines people to follow their own desires rather than God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_to_god.htm">The Importance of Listening to God</a> God desires a relationship with His people, which requires listening and responding to His Word. Ignoring God's voice leads to spiritual and often physical consequences. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_the_human_heart.htm">The Nature of the Human Heart</a> The "evil heart" is a reminder of our sinful nature. Without God's intervention, we are prone to follow our own desires rather than His will. <a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Seriousness of Covenant Faithfulness</a> God's covenants are not to be taken lightly. They come with promises and responsibilities. Understanding and adhering to these covenants is crucial for a faithful walk with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Disobedience to God brings about consequences, not because God is vindictive, but because He is just and His laws are designed for our good. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_transformation.htm">Hope for Transformation</a> While the human heart is naturally inclined to evil, God offers hope through transformation and renewal, as seen in the promise of a new heart and spirit.<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_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5–6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_punish_repeated_sins.htm">Jeremiah 11:6-8: Why would a just and loving deity repeatedly punish His people for sins He knows they will keep committing?</a> <a href="/q/why_expect_a_covenant_if_god_foresees_failure.htm">Jeremiah 11:1-5: How can an all-knowing God expect a covenant not to be broken if He already foresees human failings?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_faith_align_with_law_adherence.htm">(Habakkuk 2:4) How can 'the righteous shall live by faith' be reconciled with other passages that emphasize strict adherence to the Law?</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>(8) Imagination.--Better, as before (<a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm" title="At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.">Jeremiah 3:17</a>), stubbornness.Therefore I will bring upon them.--Better, I have brought upon them. The words contain not a direct prediction, but an appeal to the experience of the past as in itself foreshadowing the future. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Yet they would וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no not וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no obey שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ (šā·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently or incline הִטּ֣וּ (hiṭ·ṭū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend their ears, אָזְנָ֔ם (’ā·zə·nām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> Broadness, the ear but each one אִ֕ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person followed וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk the stubbornness בִּשְׁרִיר֖וּת (biš·rî·rūṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8307.htm">Strong's 8307: </a> Firmness, stubbornness of his evil הָרָ֑ע (hā·rā‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil heart. לִבָּ֣ם (lib·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre So I brought וָאָבִ֨יא (wā·’ā·ḇî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go on עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against them all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the curses דִּבְרֵ֧י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause of this הַזֹּ֛את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, covenant הַבְּרִית־ (hab·bə·rîṯ-) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant I commanded צִוִּ֥יתִי (ṣiw·wî·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order them to follow עָשֽׂוּ׃ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make but they did not keep.’” לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 11:8 Yet they didn't obey nor turn their (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/11-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 11:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/11-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 11:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 11:9" /></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>