Jeremías 11:1-8

1 Judá rompe el pacto
El Señor
le dio otro mensaje a Jeremías y dijo:

2 —Recuérdales a los habitantes de Judá y de Jerusalén las condiciones de mi pacto con ellos.

3 Diles: “Esto dice el Señor
, Dios de Israel: ‘¡Maldito todo el que no obedece las condiciones de mi pacto!

4 Pues cuando los saqué de ese horno de fundir hierro que es Egipto, les dije a sus antepasados: “Si me obedecen y hacen todo lo que les mando, serán mi pueblo y yo seré su Dios”.

5 Esto les dije para poder cumplir mi promesa a sus antepasados de darles a ustedes una tierra donde fluyen la leche y la miel, la tierra que hoy habitan’”.
Entonces respondí:
—¡Amén, Señor
! Que así sea.

6 Después el Señor
dijo:
—Proclama este mensaje en las calles de Jerusalén. Ve de ciudad en ciudad por toda la tierra y anuncia: “Recuerden el antiguo pacto y hagan todo lo que exige.

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”.

Jeremías 11:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 11

This chapter gives an account of the covenant God had made with the people of the Jews; their breach of it; and the evils threatened them on that account; and particularly against the men of Anathoth, for their ill treatment of the prophet. It begins with the order to Jeremiah to rehearse the words of the covenant in the ears of the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Jer 11:1-3, which covenant is described by the sanction of it; a curse in case of disobedience; and a promise of being their God, and bringing them into the good land, in case of obedience; and by the time when it was made, when the Israelites were brought out of Egypt, Jer 10:3-5, which order, the prophet agreeing to, is repeated, Jer 10:5,6 declaring the earnest protestation and exhortation of God to obey it, which they not observing, were threatened with the curses of it, Jer 11:7,8, the present Jews doing as their forefathers had done, breaking the covenant, particularly by their idolatry, are threatened also with punishment they should not escape, Jer 11:9-11 which is aggravated by a resolution to show no regard to their cries, Jer 11:11, by the impotence of their idols to save them, though so numerous, Jer 11:12,13, by forbidding the prophet to pray for them, Jer 11:14, by their having no longer a place and protection in the house of God, because of their wickedness, Jer 11:15, by comparing their former and present state together, having been as a beautiful and fruitful olive tree, but now burnt, and its branches broken, Jer 11:16, next follows an account of a design of the men of Anathoth against the prophet, to take away his life, which he was ignorant of, till the Lord gave him knowledge of it, Jer 11:17-19, when he imprecates vengeance on them, Jer 11:20, and, under a spirit of prophecy from the Lord, foretells their utter ruin and destruction, Jer 11:21,22.