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耶利米宣告 神的约

11 耶和华有话临到耶利米,说: “你要告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民:‘你们要听从这约的话。’ 你要对他们说:‘耶和华以色列的 神这样说:不听从这约的话的,必受咒诅。 这约就是我把你们的列祖从埃及地、从铁炉那里领出来的那天所吩咐他们的,说:你们要听从我的话,照着我吩咐你们的一切话去行;这样,你们就作我的子民,我也作你们的 神。 我好履行向你们列祖所起的誓,就是把流奶与蜜之地赐给他们,好象今天一样。’”于是我回答说:“耶和华啊!阿们。”

责犹大背约,必受惩罚

耶和华又对我说:“你要在犹大各城中和耶路撒冷的街道上,宣告这一切话,说:‘你们要听从、遵行这约的话。 因为自从我领你们的列祖出埃及地那一天,我已郑重警告他们,直到今日,我仍不断警告他们,说:“你们要听从我的话。” 他们却不听从,毫不留心,各人随从自己顽梗的恶心行事。所以,我使这约中一切咒诅的话临到他们身上。我曾吩咐他们遵行这约,他们却不遵行。’”

耶和华又对我说:“在犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民中间,有背叛的阴谋。 10 他们回到他们祖先所犯的罪孽中。他们的祖先不肯听从我的话,却随从事奉别的神。以色列家和犹大家都违犯了我和他们列祖所立的约。” 11 因此耶和华这样说:“看哪!我必使灾祸临到他们身上,是他们不能逃脱的;他们虽然向我哀求,我必不听他们。 12 那时,犹大各城的人和耶路撒冷的居民,都必去哀求他们烧香供奉的神,只是在他们遭难的时候,这些神却完全不能拯救他们。 13 犹大啊!你的城有多少,你的神也有多少;耶路撒冷的街道有多少,你为那可耻的巴力所设立烧香的祭坛也有多少。

14 “至于你,不要为这人民祈祷,不要为他们呼求祷告,因为他们遭难向我呼求的时候,我必不听他们。

15 “我所爱的既然行了罪大恶极的事,

还有甚么资格在我的殿里呢?

难道祭肉可以消除你的灾祸,

使你得着欢乐吗?”

16 耶和华曾称你的名字为

壮丽、多结美果的青橄榄树;

现在他必藉风暴雷轰,

把它燃点起来,

它的枝子也都折断。

17 那栽种你的万军之耶和华,已经宣布降灾攻击你,是因以色列家和犹大家自己所行的恶;他们向巴力烧香,惹我发怒。

耶利米遭人谋害

18 耶和华把他们的阴谋指示我,我就知道了;那时,你把他们所行的给我指明。 19 至于我,我却像一只驯良的羊羔,被牵到屠宰之地;我并不知道他们设计谋害我。他们说:

“我们来把这树和果子(“果子”原文作“它的食物”)都毁灭吧,

把它从活人之地剪除,

使它的名不再被人记念。”

亚拿突人受惩罚

20 但万军之耶和华啊!你是凭公义审判人,

试验人肺腑和心肠的。

求你让我看见你在他们身上施行的报复,

因为我已经把我的案件向你陈明了。

21 因此耶和华指责那些亚拿突人,他们寻索你命,向你恐吓说:“不要奉耶和华的名说预言,免得你死在我们手中。” 22 万军之耶和华这样说:“看哪!我要惩罚他们;他们的年轻人必死在刀下,他们的儿女必因饥荒而死。 23 他们中间必没有余剩的,因为在惩罚他们的年日,我必使灾祸临到亚拿突人身上。”

The Covenant Is Broken

11 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Listen to the terms of this covenant(A) and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed(B) is the one who does not obey the terms of this covenant— the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt,(C) out of the iron-smelting furnace.(D)’ I said, ‘Obey(E) me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people,(F) and I will be your God. Then I will fulfill the oath I swore(G) to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’(H)—the land you possess today.”

I answered, “Amen,(I) Lord.”

The Lord said to me, “Proclaim(J) all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow(K) them. From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again,(L) saying, “Obey me.” But they did not listen or pay attention;(M) instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts.(N) So I brought on them all the curses(O) of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.(P)’”

Then the Lord said to me, “There is a conspiracy(Q) among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. 10 They have returned to the sins of their ancestors,(R) who refused to listen to my words.(S) They have followed other gods(T) to serve them.(U) Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant(V) I made with their ancestors. 11 Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster(W) they cannot escape.(X) Although they cry(Y) out to me, I will not listen(Z) to them. 12 The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense,(AA) but they will not help them at all when disaster(AB) strikes. 13 You, Judah, have as many gods(AC) as you have towns;(AD) and the altars you have set up to burn incense(AE) to that shameful(AF) god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

14 “Do not pray(AG) for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen(AH) when they call to me in the time of their distress.

15 “What is my beloved doing in my temple
    as she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?
    Can consecrated meat(AI) avert your punishment?(AJ)
When you engage in your wickedness,
    then you rejoice.[a]

16 The Lord called you a thriving olive tree(AK)
    with fruit beautiful in form.
But with the roar of a mighty storm
    he will set it on fire,(AL)
    and its branches will be broken.(AM)

17 The Lord Almighty, who planted(AN) you, has decreed disaster(AO) for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused(AP) my anger by burning incense to Baal.(AQ)

Plot Against Jeremiah

18 Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(AR) I did not realize that they had plotted(AS) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(AT)
    that his name be remembered(AU) no more.”
20 But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously(AV)
    and test the heart(AW) and mind,(AX)
let me see your vengeance(AY) on them,
    for to you I have committed my cause.

21 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth(AZ) who are threatening to kill you,(BA) saying, “Do not prophesy(BB) in the name of the Lord or you will die(BC) by our hands”— 22 therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men(BD) will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. 23 Not even a remnant(BE) will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.(BF)

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:15 Or Could consecrated meat avert your punishment? / Then you would rejoice

The Broken Covenant

11 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: (A)“Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, (B)from the iron furnace, saying, (C)‘Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,’ that I may establish the (D)oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them (E)‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is this day.” ’ ”

And I answered and said, [a]“So be it, Lord.”

Then the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: ‘Hear the words of this covenant (F)and do them. For I earnestly exhorted your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, until this day, (G)rising early and exhorting, saying, “Obey My voice.” (H)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (I)everyone [b]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.’ ”

And the Lord said to me, (J)“A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They have turned back to (K)the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have 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.”

11 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to [c]escape; and (L)though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. 12 Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and (M)cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. 13 For according to the number of your (N)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.

14 “So (O)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble.

15 “What(P) has My beloved to do in My house,
Having (Q)done lewd deeds with many?
And (R)the holy flesh has passed from you.
When you do evil, then you (S)rejoice.
16 The Lord called your name,
(T)Green Olive Tree, Lovely and of Good Fruit.
With the noise of a great tumult
He has kindled fire on it,
And its branches are broken.

17 “For the Lord of hosts, (U)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.”

Jeremiah’s Life Threatened

18 Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings. 19 But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, (V)and let us cut him off from (W)the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

20 But, O Lord of hosts,
You who judge righteously,
(X)Testing the [d]mind and the heart,
Let me see Your (Y)vengeance on them,
For to You I have revealed my cause.

21 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (Z)Anathoth who seek your life, saying, (AA)‘Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, lest you die by our hand’— 22 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall (AB)die by famine; 23 and there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even (AC)the year of their punishment.’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:5 Heb. Amen
  2. Jeremiah 11:8 walked in the stubbornness or imagination
  3. Jeremiah 11:11 Lit. go out
  4. Jeremiah 11:20 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys

耶利米宣告 神的约

11 耶和华有话临到耶利米,说: “你要告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民:‘你们要听从这约的话。’ 你要对他们说:‘耶和华以色列的 神这样说:不听从这约的话的,必受咒诅。 这约就是我把你们的列祖从埃及地、从铁炉那里领出来的那天所吩咐他们的,说:你们要听从我的话,照着我吩咐你们的一切话去行;这样,你们就作我的子民,我也作你们的 神。 我好履行向你们列祖所起的誓,就是把流奶与蜜之地赐给他们,好象今天一样。’”于是我回答说:“耶和华啊!阿们。”

责犹大背约,必受惩罚

耶和华又对我说:“你要在犹大各城中和耶路撒冷的街道上,宣告这一切话,说:‘你们要听从、遵行这约的话。 因为自从我领你们的列祖出埃及地那一天,我已郑重警告他们,直到今日,我仍不断警告他们,说:“你们要听从我的话。” 他们却不听从,毫不留心,各人随从自己顽梗的恶心行事。所以,我使这约中一切咒诅的话临到他们身上。我曾吩咐他们遵行这约,他们却不遵行。’”

耶和华又对我说:“在犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民中间,有背叛的阴谋。 10 他们回到他们祖先所犯的罪孽中。他们的祖先不肯听从我的话,却随从事奉别的神。以色列家和犹大家都违犯了我和他们列祖所立的约。” 11 因此耶和华这样说:“看哪!我必使灾祸临到他们身上,是他们不能逃脱的;他们虽然向我哀求,我必不听他们。 12 那时,犹大各城的人和耶路撒冷的居民,都必去哀求他们烧香供奉的神,只是在他们遭难的时候,这些神却完全不能拯救他们。 13 犹大啊!你的城有多少,你的神也有多少;耶路撒冷的街道有多少,你为那可耻的巴力所设立烧香的祭坛也有多少。

14 “至于你,不要为这人民祈祷,不要为他们呼求祷告,因为他们遭难向我呼求的时候,我必不听他们。

15 “我所爱的既然行了罪大恶极的事,

还有甚么资格在我的殿里呢?

难道祭肉可以消除你的灾祸,

使你得着欢乐吗?”

16 耶和华曾称你的名字为

壮丽、多结美果的青橄榄树;

现在他必藉风暴雷轰,

把它燃点起来,

它的枝子也都折断。

17 那栽种你的万军之耶和华,已经宣布降灾攻击你,是因以色列家和犹大家自己所行的恶;他们向巴力烧香,惹我发怒。

耶利米遭人谋害

18 耶和华把他们的阴谋指示我,我就知道了;那时,你把他们所行的给我指明。 19 至于我,我却像一只驯良的羊羔,被牵到屠宰之地;我并不知道他们设计谋害我。他们说:

“我们来把这树和果子(“果子”原文作“它的食物”)都毁灭吧,

把它从活人之地剪除,

使它的名不再被人记念。”

亚拿突人受惩罚

20 但万军之耶和华啊!你是凭公义审判人,

试验人肺腑和心肠的。

求你让我看见你在他们身上施行的报复,

因为我已经把我的案件向你陈明了。

21 因此耶和华指责那些亚拿突人,他们寻索你命,向你恐吓说:“不要奉耶和华的名说预言,免得你死在我们手中。” 22 万军之耶和华这样说:“看哪!我要惩罚他们;他们的年轻人必死在刀下,他们的儿女必因饥荒而死。 23 他们中间必没有余剩的,因为在惩罚他们的年日,我必使灾祸临到亚拿突人身上。”

The Covenant Is Broken

11 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Listen to the terms of this covenant(A) and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed(B) is the one who does not obey the terms of this covenant— the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt,(C) out of the iron-smelting furnace.(D)’ I said, ‘Obey(E) me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people,(F) and I will be your God. Then I will fulfill the oath I swore(G) to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’(H)—the land you possess today.”

I answered, “Amen,(I) Lord.”

The Lord said to me, “Proclaim(J) all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow(K) them. From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again,(L) saying, “Obey me.” But they did not listen or pay attention;(M) instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts.(N) So I brought on them all the curses(O) of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.(P)’”

Then the Lord said to me, “There is a conspiracy(Q) among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. 10 They have returned to the sins of their ancestors,(R) who refused to listen to my words.(S) They have followed other gods(T) to serve them.(U) Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant(V) I made with their ancestors. 11 Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster(W) they cannot escape.(X) Although they cry(Y) out to me, I will not listen(Z) to them. 12 The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense,(AA) but they will not help them at all when disaster(AB) strikes. 13 You, Judah, have as many gods(AC) as you have towns;(AD) and the altars you have set up to burn incense(AE) to that shameful(AF) god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

14 “Do not pray(AG) for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen(AH) when they call to me in the time of their distress.

15 “What is my beloved doing in my temple
    as she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?
    Can consecrated meat(AI) avert your punishment?(AJ)
When you engage in your wickedness,
    then you rejoice.[a]

16 The Lord called you a thriving olive tree(AK)
    with fruit beautiful in form.
But with the roar of a mighty storm
    he will set it on fire,(AL)
    and its branches will be broken.(AM)

17 The Lord Almighty, who planted(AN) you, has decreed disaster(AO) for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused(AP) my anger by burning incense to Baal.(AQ)

Plot Against Jeremiah

18 Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(AR) I did not realize that they had plotted(AS) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(AT)
    that his name be remembered(AU) no more.”
20 But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously(AV)
    and test the heart(AW) and mind,(AX)
let me see your vengeance(AY) on them,
    for to you I have committed my cause.

21 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth(AZ) who are threatening to kill you,(BA) saying, “Do not prophesy(BB) in the name of the Lord or you will die(BC) by our hands”— 22 therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men(BD) will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. 23 Not even a remnant(BE) will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.(BF)

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:15 Or Could consecrated meat avert your punishment? / Then you would rejoice

The Broken Covenant

11 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: (A)“Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, (B)from the iron furnace, saying, (C)‘Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,’ that I may establish the (D)oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them (E)‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is this day.” ’ ”

And I answered and said, [a]“So be it, Lord.”

Then the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: ‘Hear the words of this covenant (F)and do them. For I earnestly exhorted your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, until this day, (G)rising early and exhorting, saying, “Obey My voice.” (H)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (I)everyone [b]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.’ ”

And the Lord said to me, (J)“A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They have turned back to (K)the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have 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.”

11 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to [c]escape; and (L)though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. 12 Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and (M)cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. 13 For according to the number of your (N)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.

14 “So (O)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble.

15 “What(P) has My beloved to do in My house,
Having (Q)done lewd deeds with many?
And (R)the holy flesh has passed from you.
When you do evil, then you (S)rejoice.
16 The Lord called your name,
(T)Green Olive Tree, Lovely and of Good Fruit.
With the noise of a great tumult
He has kindled fire on it,
And its branches are broken.

17 “For the Lord of hosts, (U)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.”

Jeremiah’s Life Threatened

18 Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings. 19 But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, (V)and let us cut him off from (W)the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

20 But, O Lord of hosts,
You who judge righteously,
(X)Testing the [d]mind and the heart,
Let me see Your (Y)vengeance on them,
For to You I have revealed my cause.

21 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (Z)Anathoth who seek your life, saying, (AA)‘Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, lest you die by our hand’— 22 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall (AB)die by famine; 23 and there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even (AC)the year of their punishment.’ ”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:5 Heb. Amen
  2. Jeremiah 11:8 walked in the stubbornness or imagination
  3. Jeremiah 11:11 Lit. go out
  4. Jeremiah 11:20 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys