Jeremiah 11 Footnotes

11:10-11 The biblical worshiper can appeal to the Lord for help on the basis of the covenant (e.g., Ps 25:7-10). When the covenant is broken through the people’s unfaithfulness, there is no longer any basis for appeal even if they “cry out” to God. If this had been a sincere appeal based on genuine repentance, the Lord would have been open to hearing it (2Ch 6:37-39; 7:14). But since the Judeans were still appealing to other gods, it was clear that the covenant remained broken.