Jeremías 11:9

9 El Señor
me habló una vez más y dijo: «Descubrí una conspiración contra mí entre los habitantes de Judá y Jerusalén.

Jeremías 11:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 11:9

And the Lord said unto me
After he had given him the order to publish and proclaim the words of the covenant, and exhort to obedience to them; he showed the prophet the reason of it, and opened to him a secret he was not acquainted with: a conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants
of Jerusalem;
not against the king, and against the civil government, but against the King of kings, against God and his covenant, his word and his worship; some designs were forming to cashier these, and introduce a new religion, the idolatry of the Gentiles; and it was not a few only that were in the scheme, the combination was general, city and country were in it; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the more polite part of the nation, and the country people, that dwelt in the several cities of Judah, were all united in this affair; and this was found out by him who sees and knows all things. It is common for innovators in religion to lay schemes privately, and secretly inculcate them, before things are ripe for the open introduction of them. The Syriac version renders it, "a rebellion"; and conspiracies often issue in open rebellion; and so the Targum,

``and it is found that the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, have rebelled against my word.''

Jeremías 11:9 In-Context

7 Pues les advertí solemnemente a sus antepasados cuando los saqué de Egipto: ‘¡Obedézcanme!’. He repetido esta advertencia una y otra vez hasta el día de hoy;

8 pero sus antepasados no escucharon y ni siquiera prestaron atención, sino que se pusieron tercos y siguieron sus propios malos deseos. Y debido a que se negaron a obedecer, traje sobre ellos todas las maldiciones descritas en este pacto”.

9 El Señor
me habló una vez más y dijo: «Descubrí una conspiración contra mí entre los habitantes de Judá y Jerusalén.

10 Han vuelto a los pecados de sus antepasados. Se han negado a escucharme y rinden culto a otros dioses. Israel y Judá han roto el pacto que hice con sus antepasados.

11 Por lo tanto, esto dice el Señor
: traeré calamidad sobre ellos y no habrá escapatoria posible. Aunque supliquen misericordia no escucharé sus ruegos.