Jeremías 11:11

11 Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí yo traigo sobre ellos mal del cual no podrán salir; y clamarán a mí, y no los oiré.

Jeremías 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus saith the Lord, behold, I will bring evil upon
them
The evil of punishment for the evil of their sins, such as famine, the sword, captivity, which latter is the evil more especially designed; and there is no evil of this nature but what is of God; it is of his sending and bringing; see ( Amos 3:6 ) : which they shall not be able to escape;
they should not have wisdom enough to form a scheme, nor power enough to put one in execution when formed, whereby they could extricate themselves out of the difficulties they would be in; doubtless reference is had to their being besieged by the Chaldean army, the evil that should come out of the north, ( Jeremiah 1:14 ) , which should so closely surround them, that none should escape: and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them:
because their prayers were hypocritical, and not attended with faith and true repentance; otherwise, when men cry to God, under a sense of sin, being truly sorry for it, and put their trust in him, he hears them, and delivers them; but these would be concerned only for the evil that was come upon them, and not the evil they had been guilty of; and such sinners, when they pray to him, the Lord hears not. The Targum is,

``and they shall pray before me, and I will not receive their prayers.''

Jeremías 11:11 In-Context

9 Y me dijo el SEÑOR: Conjuración se ha hallado en los varones de Judá, y en los moradores de Jerusalén.

10 Se han vuelto a las maldades de sus primeros padres, los cuales no quisieron escuchar mis palabras, antes se fueron tras dioses ajenos para servirles; la Casa de Israel y la Casa de Judá invalidaron mi Pacto, el cual yo había concertado con sus padres.

11 Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí yo traigo sobre ellos mal del cual no podrán salir; y clamarán a mí, y no los oiré.

12 E irán las ciudades de Judá y los moradores de Jerusalén, y clamarán a los dioses a quienes queman ellos inciensos, los cuales no los podrán salvar en el tiempo de su mal.

13 Porque según el número de tus ciudades fueron tus dioses, oh Judá; y según el número de tus calles, oh Jerusalén, pusisteis los altares de confusión, altares para ofrecer sahume-rios a Baal.