Jeremiah 11:1

The Covenant Is Broken

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Jeremiah 11:1 in Other Translations

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

1 The LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said,

1 The Message that came to Jeremiah from God:

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

1 This is the message that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah. He said,

1 [This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

1 A message came to me from the Lord. He said,

Jeremiah 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 11:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.
] Here seems to begin a new prophecy; but when it was, and under what reign, and what time between this and the former, is not known; however, it was from the Lord, and so to be regarded.

Jeremiah 11:1 In-Context

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 “Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem.

3 Tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the one who does not obey the terms of this covenant—

4 the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.’ I said, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.

5 Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen, LORD.”