Focused Passage

Jeremiah 11:14-17

The Broken Covenant and the Plot Against the Prophet

The chapter moves from a command to proclaim the covenant, to the covenant curse on disobedience, to the LORD's reminder of Israel's Exodus obligation, to Judah's conspiracy of covenant rebellion, to forbidden intercession and rejected cries, to the image of a beautiful olive tree now set on fire, and finally to the plot of Anathoth against Jeremiah and the LORD's announced judgment on them.

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14 As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.

16 The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 14

Original words

As for you וְאַתָּ֗ה H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular do not אַל־ H408 Adverb pray תִּתְפַּלֵּל֙ H6419 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular for בְּעַד־ H1157 Preposition these הַזֶּ֔ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular people הָעָ֣ם H5971 Article | Noun - masculine singular Do not וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb raise up תִּשָּׂ֥א H5375 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular a cry רִנָּ֣ה H7440 Noun - feminine singular or a prayer וּתְפִלָּ֑ה H8605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular on their behalf בַעֲדָ֖ם H1157 Preposition | third person masculine plural for כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction I will not אֵינֶ֣נִּי H369 Adverb | first person common singular be listening שֹׁמֵ֗עַ H8085 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular when they call out קָרְאָ֥ם H7121 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural to Me אֵלַ֖י H413 Preposition | first person common singular . . . בְּעַ֥ד H1157 Preposition in their time בְּעֵ֛ת H6256 Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct of disaster רָעָתָֽם׃ס H7451 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 15

Original words

What right מֶ֣ה H4100 Interrogative has My beloved לִֽידִידִ֞י H3039 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular in My house בְּבֵיתִ֗י H1004 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular having carried out עֲשׂוֹתָ֤הּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular so many הָֽרַבִּ֔ים H7227 Article | Adjective - masculine plural evil schemes הַֽמְזִמָּ֙תָה֙ H4209 Article | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Can consecrated קֹ֖דֶשׁ H6944 Noun - masculine singular meat וּבְשַׂר־ H1320 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct avert יַעַבְר֣וּ H5674 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural [your doom] מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְ H5921 Preposition-m | second person feminine singular When כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction you are wicked רָעָתֵ֖כִי H7451 Adjective - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular then אָ֥ז H227 Adverb you rejoice תַּעֲלֹֽזִי׃ H5937 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Verse 16

Original words

The LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular once called קָרָ֥א H7121 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular you שְׁמֵ֑ךְ H8034 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular a flourishing רַֽעֲנָן֙ H7488 Adjective - masculine singular olive tree זַ֤יִת H2132 Noun - masculine singular beautiful יְפֵ֣ה H3303 Adjective - masculine singular construct with well-formed תֹ֔אַר H8389 Noun - masculine singular fruit פְרִי־ H6529 Noun - masculine singular construct But with a mighty גְדֹלָ֗ה H1419 Adjective - feminine singular roar לְק֣וֹל׀ H6963 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . הֲמוּלָּ֣ה H1999 Noun - feminine singular He will set it on fire הִצִּ֥ית H3341 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular . . . אֵשׁ֙ H784 Noun - common singular . . . עָלֶ֔יהָ H5921 Preposition | third person feminine singular and its branches דָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו׃ H1808 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular will be consumed וְרָע֖וּ H7489 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Verse 17

Original words

The LORD וַיהוָ֤ה H3068 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָאוֹת֙ H6635 Noun - common plural who planted הַנּוֹטֵ֣עַ H5193 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular you אוֹתָ֔ךְ H853 Direct object marker | second person feminine singular has decreed דִּבֶּ֥ר H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular disaster רָעָ֑ה H7451 Adjective - feminine singular against you עָלַ֖יִךְ H5921 Preposition | second person feminine singular on account of בִּ֠גְלַל H1558 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the evil that רָעַ֨ת H7451 Noun - feminine singular construct the house בֵּֽית־ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular and the house וּבֵ֣ית H1004 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֗ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative have brought upon themselves עָשׂ֥וּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural . . . לָהֶ֛ם Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural provoking Me to anger לְהַכְעִסֵ֖נִי H3707 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular by burning incense לְקַטֵּ֥ר H6999 Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct to Baal לַבָּֽעַל׃ס H1168 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular

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