Jeremias 11

BLIVRE · Chapter 11/52

1Palavra que veio do SENHOR, a Jeremias, dizendo:

2Ouvi as palavras deste pacto, e falai aos homens de Judá, e aos moradores de Jerusalém.

3Dize-lhes, pois: Assim diz o SENHOR, Deus de Israel: Maldito o homem que não ouvir as palavras deste pacto,

4Que mandei a vossos pais no dia que os tirei da terra do Egito, do forno de ferro, dizendo: Ouvi a minha voz, e as fazei conforme a tudo quanto eu vos mando; então vós sereis meu povo, e eu serei vosso Deus;

5Para que eu confirme o juramento que fiz a vossos pais, que lhes daria uma terra em que mana leite e mel, tal como hoje.E eu respondi, e disse: Amém, SENHOR!

6E disse-me o SENHOR: Proclama todas estas palavras nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém, dizendo: Ouvi as palavras deste pacto, e praticai-as;

7Porque insistentemente adverti a vossos pais o dia que eu os tirei da terra do Egito até o dia de hoje, repetidamente advertindo, dizendo: Ouvi minha voz.

8Porém não ouviram, nem inclinaram seus ouvidos; ao invés disso, seguiram cada um a teimosia de seu coração maligno. Por isso trouxe sobre eles todas as palavras deste pacto, que mandei que cumprissem, mas não cumpriram.

9E disse-me o SENHOR: Achou-se conspiração entre os homens de Judá, e entre os moradores de Jerusalém.

10Voltaram às maldades de seus primeiros pais, que se recusaram a ouvir minhas palavras; ao invés disso, eles seguiram deuses estrangeiros, para lhes servirem; a casa de Israel e a casa de Judá violaram meu pacto, que eu tinha feito com seus pais.

11Portanto, assim diz o SENHOR: Eis que trarei sobre eles calamidade, da qual não poderão escapar; e clamarão a mim, mas eu não os ouvirei.

12Então as cidades de Judá e os moradores de Jerusalém irão, e clamarão aos deuses a quem queimam incensos; porém de maneira nenhuma poderão os salvar no tempo de sua calamidade.

13Porque teus deuses foram tão numerosos quanto tuas cidades, ó Judá; e tão numerosos quanto tuas ruas, ó Jerusalém, vós pusestes altares da vergonha, altares para queimar incensos a Baal.

14Tu, pois, não ores por este povo, nem levantes por eles clamor nem oração; porque eu não ouvirei no dia em que clamarem a mim em meio a calamidade deles.

15Que [direito] tem minha amada em minha casa, visto que muitos têm feito tão grandes abominações? Podem carnes “santificadas” te livrar, de modo que te alegras com tua maldade?

16O SENHOR chamava o teu nome de Oliveira verde, formosa de belos frutos. [Porém agora] ,à voz de grande tumulto, ele acendeu fogo sobre ela, e seus ramos foram quebrados.

17Pois o SENHOR dos exércitos, que te plantou, pronunciou calamidade contra ti, por causa da maldade da casa de Israel e da casa de Judá, que fizeram entre si mesmos, para me provocarem à ira queimando incenso a Baal.

18E o SENHOR me fez saber, e conhecer; então tu me fizeste ver suas ações.

19E eu estava como cordeiro manso, que levam para degolar, pois não entendia que tramavam planos contra mim, dizendo: Destruamos a árvore com seu fruto, e o cortemos da terra dos viventes, e não haja mais lembrança de seu nome.

20Mas, ó SENHOR dos exércitos, justo juiz, que provas os sentimentos e pensamentos, veja eu tua vingança deles; porque a ti mostrei minha causa.

21Portanto assim diz o SENHOR quanto aos homens de Anatote, que buscam [matar] tua alma, dizendo: Não profetizes em nome do SENHOR, para que não morras por meio de nossas mãos;

22Portanto assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos: Eis que eu os punirei; os rapazes morrerão a espada; seus filhos e suas filhas morrerão de fome;

23E não restará sobrevivente deles, pois eu trarei calamidade sobre os homens de Anatote, [no] ano em que serão punidos.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

God reminds Jeremiah of the covenant made in Egypt and demands that its terms be kept. Jeremiah discovers a plot by his own relatives from Anathoth against his life.

Explanation

The 'covenant' mentioned here refers to the Sinai covenant, in which Israel committed to obey God in exchange for blessings in the promised land — a contract broken again and again. The plot coming from Anathoth, Jeremiah's own hometown, shows that rejection of him came not only from strangers but from people close to him, underscoring the high personal cost of the prophetic calling. The image of Israel as a 'green and beautiful olive tree' that is burned shows how past blessings do not automatically protect against the consequences of present unfaithfulness.

Fun facts

  • Anathoth, Jeremiah's city, was also a priestly city, suggesting that the conspirators against him may have been fellow priests uneasy about his prophecies against the temple.
  • The olive tree was an agricultural symbol of wealth and stability in Israel, making the image of its destruction even more shocking to the original hearers.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Jeremias 11:1Opening formula for a new speech: it introduces a sermon about the Sinai covenant, the pact God made with the people when they left Egypt.
  2. Jeremias 11:2God sends Jeremiah to publicly repeat the terms of the ancient covenant - a reminder that the commitment had existed for a long time and was nothing new.
  3. Jeremias 11:3The covenant here is the Sinai pact, the agreement God made with the people when they left Egypt. It is the legal basis for Jeremiah's entire accusation: Judah is not being punished under some new rule, but for breaking an ancient commitment their own ancestors accepted.
  4. Jeremias 11:4Recalls the basis of the covenant made when they left Egypt, compared to coming out of an iron furnace, slavery: in exchange for freedom, the people committed to obeying and belonging to God.
  5. Jeremias 11:5Jeremiah answers ‘So be it, O Lord’ to the reminder of the promise of the land - a gesture of personal agreement with the terms of the covenant he is announcing.
  6. Jeremias 11:6God reinforces the command: Jeremiah must carry this message about the covenant to every city, not just the capital, demanding practice, not merely knowledge of the words.
  7. Jeremias 11:7God stresses that He has been warning the people continually since the exodus, without stopping - the current disobedience is not for lack of warning.
  8. Jeremias 11:8Explains that the curses foreseen in the covenant itself are being applied precisely because the people broke its terms, not by chance.
  9. Jeremias 11:9God describes the widespread idolatry as a genuine collective conspiracy against Him, something organized and widespread, not just isolated individual failures.
  10. Jeremias 11:10Reinforces that the present sin repeats the pattern of earlier generations - both kingdoms, Israel and Judah, broke the same Sinai covenant.
  11. Jeremias 11:11God warns that this time He will not answer the people's cries for help - the judgment has reached a point of no return, even in the face of their crying out.
  12. Jeremias 11:12In their desperation, the people will turn to the very idols they worshiped, but those false gods will have no real power to save anyone.
  13. Jeremias 11:13A rhetorical exaggeration to show the scale of the problem: practically every city and every street of Jerusalem had its own altar dedicated to Baal or other gods.
  14. Jeremias 11:14Repeats the prohibition already given earlier, in 7:16, against Jeremiah interceding for the people - confirming that the judgment has been definitively decided.
  15. Jeremias 11:15God asks, with bitter irony, what His ‘beloved’ still thinks she is doing in the temple, since she keeps taking pleasure in wrongdoing instead of repenting.
  16. Jeremias 11:16Uses the image of an olive tree, a symbol of prosperity and beauty, which once represented the people, but is now being burned and broken by the approaching judgment.
  17. Jeremias 11:17Makes clear that it is God Himself, who planted this ‘olive tree,’ the people, who decided the judgment, because of the idolatry shared between the two kingdoms.
  18. Jeremias 11:18Here begins the first of Jeremiah's ‘confessions’: a personal passage where he reveals that God warned him about a plot against his own life, coming from people close to him.
  19. Jeremias 11:19Jeremiah discovers that the very residents of Anathoth, his hometown, full of priestly relatives, were plotting to kill him. The image of the lamb that does not know it is about to be slaughtered shows just how blindsided he was by a betrayal coming from inside his own home.
  20. Jeremias 11:20Jeremiah, pouring out his heart to God after discovering the conspiracy against him, asks for justice against those who plotted his death - a moment of human frailty in the prophet.
  21. Jeremias 11:21Anathoth was the priestly town where Jeremiah was born (1:1). The fact that it was his own neighbors and priestly relatives who wanted to silence him shows that the rejection of Jeremiah did not come only from Jerusalem's elite, but also from his own community of origin.
  22. Jeremias 11:22God answers Jeremiah's cry by announcing severe punishment against the men of Anathoth, his own hometown, who plotted to kill him.
  23. Jeremias 11:23Closes the episode confirming that none of the conspirators of Anathoth will escape punishment, showing the seriousness of the betrayal coming from Jeremiah's own native land.

Chapters

Our apps

Our apps →

Bible in Stories

The Bible told as a story, with audio and videos.

📱 Get the app

World in Stories

True stories of humanity that sound made up.

Feito! Pequenas Vitórias

A light daily routine for people who lose track of the day.