Jeremiah 11:2

2 "Listen to the words of this covenant,[a] and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 11:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 11:2

Hear ye the words of this covenant
Which. Dr. Lightfoot understands of the covenant lately made in the times of Josiah, upon finding and reading the law of Moses, ( 2 Kings 23:3 ) , but it seems rather to design the law of Moses itself; or the covenant made with the people of Israel on Mount Horeb, ( Exodus 24:7 Exodus 24:8 ) , or rather which was made with them in the land of Moab, ( Deuteronomy 29:1 ) . The words of it are the things contained in it, the blessings and curses; the order to hear them is in the plural number, and is directed, not to Jeremiah only, but to others with him, the rest of the prophets that were in his days; as Zephaniah, who prophesied, as Kimchi observes, in the reign of Josiah; and there was Baruch his companion; or the priests at Anathoth are here addressed with him; though it is usual, in the Hebrew language, to put one number for another; and Jeremiah, in the next verse, is singly addressed; and the Syriac version renders it in the singular number; perhaps the book of the law might lie before him, and be pointed at; and so he is bid to take it, or "receive" it, as the Targum is, and read and publish it to the Jews, as follows: and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
the words of the covenant, and what follows.

Jeremiah 11:2 In-Context

1 [This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2 "Listen to the words of this covenant, and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
3 You must tell them: This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Let a curse be on the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
4 which I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace. I declared: 'Obey Me, and do everything that I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God,'
5 in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give [them] a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today." I answered, "Amen, Lord."

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