Jeremias 11:1-8

A Aliança é Quebrada

1 Esta é a palavra que veio a Jeremias da parte do SENHOR:

2 “Ouça os termos desta aliança; e repita-os ao povo de Judá e aos habitantes de Jerusalém.

3 Diga-lhes que assim diz o SENHOR, o Deus de Israel: Maldito é aquele que não obedecer aos termos desta aliança,

4 os quais ordenei aos antepassados de vocês, quando eu os tirei do Egito, da fornalha de fundir ferro. Eu disse: Obedeçam-me e façam tudo o que ordeno, e vocês serão o meu povo, e eu serei o seu Deus.

5 Então cumprirei a promessa que fiz sob juramento aos antepassados de vocês, de dar-lhes uma terra onde há leite e mel com fartura, a terra que vocês hoje possuem”.Então respondi: Amém, SENHOR.

6 O SENHOR me disse: “Proclame todas estas palavras nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém: Ouçam os termos desta aliança e cumpram-nos.

7 Desde a época em que tirei os seus antepassados do Egito até hoje, repetidas vezes os adverti, dizendo: Obedeçam-me.

8 Mas eles não me ouviram nem me deram atenção; ao contrário, seguiram os seus corações duros e maus. Por isso eu trouxe sobre eles todas as maldições desta aliança, que eu tinha ordenado que cumprissem, mas que eles não cumpriram”.

Jeremias 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.