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Jeremiah 11 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:2 - Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:4 - which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:6 - And Jehovah said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:7 - For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:8 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:9 - And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:11 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12 - Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:14 - Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me because of their trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:15 - What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 - Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:18 - And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19 - But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:23 - and there shall be no remnant unto them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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