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 men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

4 which I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, 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 which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day." Then I answered, "So be it, LORD."