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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 11 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Jeremiah 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/10.htm" title="Jeremiah 10">◄</a> Jeremiah 11 <a href="../jeremiah/12.htm" title="Jeremiah 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/jeremiah/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Judah’s Broken Covenant</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Remind the people of Judah and Jerusalem about the terms of my covenant with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is anyone who does not obey the terms of my covenant! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For I said to your ancestors when I brought them out of the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt, “If you obey me and do whatever I command you, then you will be my people, and I will be your God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I said this so I could keep my promise to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey—the land you live in today.’”</p><p class="reg">Then I replied, “Amen, LORD! May it be so.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the LORD said, “Broadcast this message in the streets of Jerusalem. Go from town to town throughout the land and say, ‘Remember the ancient covenant, and do everything it requires. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For I solemnly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, “Obey me!” I have repeated this warning over and over to this day, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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.’”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Again the LORD spoke to me and said, “I have discovered a conspiracy against me among the people of Judah and Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They have returned to the sins of their ancestors. They have refused to listen to me and are worshiping other gods. Israel and Judah have both broken the covenant I made with their ancestors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the people of Judah and Jerusalem will pray to their idols and burn incense before them. But the idols will not save them when disaster strikes! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Look now, people of Judah; you have as many gods as you have towns. You have as many altars of shame—altars for burning incense to your god Baal—as there are streets in Jerusalem.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me in distress.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple,</p><p class="line2">when they have done so many immoral things?</p><p class="line1">Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction?</p><p class="line2">They actually rejoice in doing evil!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I, the LORD, once called them a thriving olive tree,</p><p class="line2">beautiful to see and full of good fruit.</p><p class="line1">But now I have sent the fury of their enemies</p><p class="line2">to burn them with fire,</p><p class="line2">leaving them charred and broken.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who planted this olive tree, have ordered it destroyed. For the people of Israel and Judah have done evil, arousing my anger by burning incense to Baal.”</p><p class="hdg">A Plot against Jeremiah</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then the LORD told me about the plots my enemies were making against me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>O LORD of Heaven’s Armies,</p><p class="line1">you make righteous judgments,</p><p class="line2">and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.</p><p class="line1">Let me see your vengeance against them,</p><p class="line2">for I have committed my cause to you.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who wanted me dead. They had said, “We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the LORD’s name.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says about them: “I will punish them! Their young men will die in battle, and their boys and girls will starve to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Not one of these plotters from Anathoth will survive, for I will bring disaster upon them when their time of punishment comes.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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