Jeremiah 11:1

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

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 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

2 Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

3 You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed be anyone who does not heed the words of this covenant,

4 which I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron-smelter, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God,

5 that I may perform the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then I answered, "So be it, Lord."