Jeremías 11:1-8

Violación del pacto

1 Esta es la palabra que vino a Jeremías de parte del SEÑOR:

2 «Atiende a los términos de este pacto, y comunícaselos a la gente de Judá y a los habitantes de Jerusalén.

3 Diles que así ha dicho el SEÑOR, Dios de Israel: “Maldito sea el hombre que no obedezca los términos de este pacto,

4 que yo mismo prescribí a los antepasados de ustedes el día que los hice salir de Egipto, de esa caldera para fundir hierro”. Les dije: “Obedézcanme y cumplan con todo lo que les prescribo, y ustedes serán mi pueblo y yo seré su Dios.

5 Así cumpliré el juramento que les hice a sus antepasados, de darles una tierra donde abundan la leche y la miel, como la que hoy tienen ustedes”».Yo respondí: «Amén, SEÑOR».

6 El SEÑOR me dijo: «Proclama todo esto en las ciudades de Judá y en las calles de Jerusalén, diciendo: “Escuchen los términos de este pacto, y cúmplanlos.

7 Desde el día en que hice salir a sus antepasados de la tierra de Egipto hasta el día de hoy, una y otra vez les he advertido: ‘Obedézcanme’.

8 Pero no obedecieron ni prestaron atención, sino que siguieron la terquedad de su malvado corazón. Por eso hice caer sobre ellos todo el peso de las palabras de este pacto, que yo les había ordenado cumplir, pero que no cumplieron”».

Jeremías 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.