Focused Passage

Jeremiah 11:9-13

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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9And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.

11Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

12Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.

13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

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Verse 9

Original words

And the LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singulartoldוַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularmeאֵלָ֑יH413Preposition | first person common singularThere isנִֽמְצָא־H4672Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singulara conspiracyקֶ֙שֶׁר֙H7195Noun - masculine singularamong the menבְּאִ֣ישׁH376Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Judahיְהוּדָ֔הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singularand the residentsוּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֖יH3427Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 10

Original words

They have returnedשָׁ֩בוּ֩H7725Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluraltoעַל־H5921Prepositionthe sinsעֲוֺנֹ֨תH5771Noun - common plural constructof their forefathersאֲבוֹתָ֜םH1Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural. . .הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֗יםH7223Article | Adjective - masculine pluralwhoאֲשֶׁ֤רH834Pronoun - relativerefusedמֵֽאֲנוּ֙H3985Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralto obeyלִשְׁמ֣וֹעַH8085Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct-אֶת־H853Direct object markerMy wordsדְּבָרַ֔יH1697Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularTheyוְהֵ֣מָּהH1992Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralhave followedהָלְכ֗וּH1980Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural. . .אַחֲרֵ֛יH310Prepositionotherאֲחֵרִ֖יםH312Adjective - masculine pluralgodsאֱלֹהִ֥יםH430Noun - masculine pluralto serve themלְעָבְדָ֑םH5647Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine pluralThe houseבֵֽית־H1004Noun - masculine singular constructof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478Noun - proper - masculine singularand the houseוּבֵ֣יתH1004Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof Judahיְהוּדָ֔הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerhave brokenהֵפֵ֤רוּH6565Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralthe covenantבְּרִיתִ֕יH1285Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativeI madeכָּרַ֖תִּיH3772Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularwithאֶת־H854Prepositiontheir fathersאֲבוֹתָֽם׃סH1Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 11

Original words

Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןH3651Adverbthis is whatכֹּ֚הH3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .הִנְנִ֨יH2005Interjection | first person common singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularI am about to bringמֵבִ֤יאH935Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularupon themאֲלֵיהֶם֙H413Preposition | third person masculine plurala disasterרָעָ֔הH7451Adjective - feminine singularthatאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativethey cannotלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particle. . .יוּכְל֖וּH3201Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralescapeלָצֵ֣אתH3318Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .מִמֶּ֑נָּהH4480Preposition | third person feminine singularThey will cry outוְזָעֲק֣וּH2199Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralto Meאֵלַ֔יH413Preposition | first person common singularbut I will notוְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlelistenאֶשְׁמַ֖עH8085Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularto themאֲלֵיהֶֽם׃H413Preposition | third person masculine plural
Verse 12

Original words

Then the citiesעָרֵ֣יH5892Noun - feminine plural constructof Judahיְהוּדָ֗הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singularand the residentsוְיֹשְׁבֵי֙H3427Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389Noun - proper - feminine singularwill goוְהָֽלְכ֞וּH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluraland cry outוְזָֽעֲקוּ֙H2199Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluraltoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe godsהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Article | Noun - masculine pluralto whichאֲשֶׁ֛רH834Pronoun - relativetheyהֵ֥םH1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluralhave been burning incenseמְקַטְּרִ֖יםH6999Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine pluralbut [these gods] certainly will notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlesaveוְהוֹשֵׁ֛עַH3467Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute. . .יוֹשִׁ֥יעוּH3467Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralthemלָהֶ֖םPreposition | third person masculine pluralin their timeבְּעֵ֥תH6256Preposition-b | Noun - common singular constructof disasterרָעָתָֽם׃H7451Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 13

Original words

Your godsאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularareהָי֥וּH1961Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralindeedכִּ֚יH3588Conjunctionas numerousמִסְפַּ֣רH4557Noun - masculine singular constructas your citiesעָרֶ֔יךָH5892Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singularO Judahיְהוּדָ֑הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singularthe altarsמִזְבְּחוֹת֙H4196Noun - masculine pluralof shameלַבֹּ֔שֶׁתH1322Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularyou have set upשַׂמְתֶּ֤םH7760Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluralthe altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתH4196Noun - masculine pluralto burn incenseלְקַטֵּ֥רH6999Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructto Baalלַבָּֽעַל׃סH1168Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularare as manyוּמִסְפַּ֞רH4557Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructas the streetsחֻצ֣וֹתH2351Noun - masculine plural constructof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םH3389Noun - proper - feminine singular

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