11:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: 1 11:2 “Hear 2 the terms of the covenant 3 I made with Israel 4 and pass them on 5 to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. 6 11:3 Tell them that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse. 7 11:4 Those are the terms that I charged your ancestors 8 to keep 9 when I brought them out of Egypt, that place which was like an iron-smelting furnace. 10 I said at that time, 11 “Obey me and carry out the terms of the agreement 12 exactly as I commanded you. If you do, 13 you will be my people and I will be your God. 14 11:5 Then I will keep the promise I swore on oath to your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey.” 15 That is the very land that you still live in today.’” 16 And I responded, “Amen! Let it be so, 17 Lord!”
11:6 The Lord said to me, “Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you 18 and carry them out! 11:7 For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me. 19 I warned them again and again, 20 ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day. 11:8 But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.’” 21
11:9 The Lord said to me, “The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have plotted rebellion against me! 22