Jeremías 16:11

11 »Entonces les darás la respuesta del Señor
: “Es porque sus antepasados me fueron infieles y rindieron culto a otros dioses y los sirvieron. Me abandonaron y no obedecieron mi palabra.

Jeremías 16:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 16:11

Then shalt thou say unto them
In answer to their questions; not in a general way, but by observing to them particular sins, and those gross ones, they had been guilty of: because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord;
that is, his worship, as the Targum; they had quitted his service, and left attending on his word and ordinances; and therefore it was but just with him to forsake them, and give them up into the hands of their enemies: and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have
worshipped them;
were guilty of gross idolatry, serving and worshipping the creature more than and besides the Creator; even idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and wood, and stone, which were no gods; for there is no other true God besides the Lord; and which they were well informed of, and therefore their sin was the greater to leave him and worship them; and which sin, because of the heinousness of it, is repeated: and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
they forsook his worship, as the Targum, and did not observe the law of the decalogue or ten commandments; especially the two first of them, which required the worship of the one true God, and forbid the worshipping of others; and which threatened the visiting such iniquities of fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation, of such that hated the Lord; and such were these persons, as follows.

Jeremías 16:11 In-Context

9 Pues esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel: en sus propios días y ante sus propios ojos pondré fin a las risas y a las canciones alegres en esta tierra. Ya no se oirán las voces felices de los novios ni de las novias.

10 »Cuando le digas todas estas cosas a la gente, ellos te preguntarán: “¿Por qué el Señor
decretó cosas tan terribles contra nosotros? ¿Qué hemos hecho para merecer semejante trato? ¿Cuál es nuestro pecado contra el Señor
nuestro Dios?”.

11 »Entonces les darás la respuesta del Señor
: “Es porque sus antepasados me fueron infieles y rindieron culto a otros dioses y los sirvieron. Me abandonaron y no obedecieron mi palabra.

12 ¡Y ustedes son peores que sus antepasados! Se pusieron tercos y siguen sus propios malos deseos y rehúsan escucharme.

13 Por lo tanto, los expulsaré de esta tierra y los enviaré a una tierra extraña en la que ni ustedes ni sus antepasados han estado. Allí podrán rendir culto a ídolos día y noche, y ¡no les concederé ningún favor!”.