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The Broken Covenant

11 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,[a] “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the people[b] of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: “The man is cursed who does not obey the words of this covenant, which I commanded your ancestors[c] in the day of my bringing them from the land of Egypt, from the furnace of iron, saying,[d] ‘Listen to my voice and do according to all that I command you, so will you be my people, and I will be your God.’[e] in order to keep the oath that I swore to your ancestors,[f] to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I answered and said, “Let it be so,[g] O Yahweh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:1 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 11:2 Literally “man”
  3. Jeremiah 11:4 Or “fathers”
  4. Jeremiah 11:4 Literally “to say”
  5. Jeremiah 11:4 Literally “and you shall be to me as people and I will be to you as God”
  6. Jeremiah 11:5 Or “fathers”
  7. Jeremiah 11:5 Literally “Amen”