Jeremiah 11:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly warned them to obey me, and I have kept on warning the people until this day. ⁸ 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.”

⁹ Then the Lord said to me, “The people of Judah and of Jerusalem are plotting against me.