Jeremiah 11:15-17
English Standard Version
15 (A)What right has my beloved in my house, (B)when she has done many vile deeds? Can even sacrificial flesh avert your doom? (C)Can you then exult? 16 The Lord once called you (D)‘a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.’ But (E)with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and (F)its branches will be consumed. 17 The Lord of hosts, (G)who planted you, has decreed disaster against you, because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, (H)provoking me to anger by making offerings to Baal.”
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Jeremiah 11:15-17
Common English Bible
15 What are my loved ones doing in my temple
while working out their many evil schemes?
Can sacred offerings cancel your sin
so that you revel in your evil deeds?[a]
16 The Lord named you,
“A blossoming olive tree, fair and fruitful”;
but with the blast of a powerful storm
he will set it ablaze,
until its branches are completely consumed.[b]
17 The Lord of heavenly forces who planted you has announced disaster for you, because the people of Israel and Judah have done evil and made me angry by worshipping Baal.
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- Jeremiah 11:15 Heb uncertain
- Jeremiah 11:16 Vulg; MT broken
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