Jeremiah 11:6-8
Persistent refusal to obey God’s covenant word leads to the activation of covenant judgment.
6 Yahweh said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.
7 For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, “Obey my voice.”
8 Yet they didn’t obey, nor turn their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn’t do them.’ ”
Persistent refusal to obey God’s covenant word leads to the activation of covenant judgment.
To proclaim the covenant publicly throughout Judah and Jerusalem and to declare that the people’s persistent refusal to obey the LORD has activated the covenant curses.
After reminding Judah of the covenant in Jeremiah 11:1–5, this section exposes how the people consistently ignored the covenant’s commands and warnings.
Jeremiah proclaims God’s covenant warning to a population that had repeatedly ignored prophetic instruction.
The Broken Covenant and the Plot Against the Prophet
Judah has broken the covenant by refusing the LORD's voice, multiplying idols, and resisting his prophet, so covenant curses, forbidden intercession, and judgment on rebellious Anathoth reveal the seriousness of treachery against the LORD.