Yēlìmǐshū 11:1-8

1 Yēhéhuá de huà líndào Yēlìmǐ shuō ,

2 Dāng tīng zhè yuē de huà , gàosu Yóudà rén hé Yēlùsǎlĕng de jūmín ,

3 Duì tāmen shuō , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén rúcǐ shuō , bú tīng cóng zhè yuē zhī huà de rén bì shòu zhòuzǔ .

4 Zhè yuē shì wǒ jiāng nǐmen lièzǔ cóng Āijí dì lǐng chūlai , tuōlí tiĕ lú de nà rì suǒ fēnfu tāmende , shuō , nǐmen yào tīng cóng wǒde huà , zhào wǒ yīqiè suǒ fēnfu de qù xíng . zhèyàng , nǐmen jiù zuò wǒde zǐmín , wǒ yĕ zuò nǐmen de shén .

5 Wǒ hǎo jiāndéng xiàng nǐmen lièzǔ suǒ qǐ de shì , gĕi tāmen liú nǎi yǔ mì zhī dì , zhēng rújīn rì yíyàng . wǒ jiù huídá shuō , Yēhéhuá a , āmén .

6 Yēhéhuá duì wǒ shuō , nǐ yào zaì Yóudà chéngyì zhōng hé Yēlùsǎlĕng jiēshì shang , xuāngào zhè yīqiè huà shuō , nǐmen dāng tīng cóng zūnxíng zhè yuē de huà .

7 Yīnwei wǒ jiāng nǐmen lièzǔ cóng Āijí dì lǐng chūlai de nà rì , zhídào jīnrì , dōu shì cóng zǎo qǐlai , qiē qiē gào jiè tāmen shuō , nǐmen dāng tīng cóng wǒde huà .

8 Tāmen què bú tīng cóng , bù zè ĕr ér tīng , jìng suícóng zìjǐ wán gĕng de è xīn qù xíng . suǒyǐ wǒ shǐ zhè yuē zhōng yīqiè zhòuzǔ de huà líndào tāmen shēnshang . zhè yuē shì wǒ fēnfu tāmen xíng de , tāmen què bú qù xíng .

Yēlìmǐshū 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.