Jeremiah 5:11

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have made a firm decision to rebel against me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:11

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
treacherously against me
This is a reason why such orders are given to the army of the Chaldeans to ascend the walls of Jerusalem and destroy them; namely, the perfidy both of the ten tribes, signified by the house of Israel; so Abarbinel; and of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, signified by the house of Judah; which was very great, and attended with aggravated circumstances; instances of it follow. The Targum is,

``they have dealt very falsely with my word:''

saith the Lord;
for this was not the charge of the prophet against them, but of the Lord himself. This can only be understood of such of the ten tribes as remained in Judea, for the body of that people had been carried captive mary years ago; whose sins Judah imitated, and, being also the posterity of Israel, may be so called.

Jeremiah 5:11 In-Context

9 Shall I not visit for these things? said the LORD; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 Go ye up upon her walls and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements for they are not the LORD’s.

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have made a firm decision to rebel against me, saith the LORD.

12 They have denied the LORD and said, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine;

13 but the prophets shall become like wind, and there is no word in them: thus shall it be done unto them.