15 What right has My (A)beloved in My house
When (B)she has carried out many evil schemes?
Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster,
[a]So that you can rejoice?”
16 The Lord named you
“A (C)green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”;
With the (D)noise of a great [b]tumult
He has (E)set fire to it,
And its branches are worthless.

17 The Lord of armies, who (F)planted you, has (G)pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, which they have [c]done to provoke Me by [d](H)offering sacrifices to Baal.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:15 Lit Then
  2. Jeremiah 11:16 I.e., confused noise
  3. Jeremiah 11:17 Or done for themselves
  4. Jeremiah 11:17 Or burning incense

15 What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness [a]with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? [b]when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. 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. 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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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:15 The text is obscure. The Septuagint has Shall vows and holy flesh take away from thee they wickedness, or shalt thou escape by these?
  2. Jeremiah 11:15 Or, when thine evil cometh