The Importance of Listening to the Lord's Voice & Doing What He Says |
Jeremiah 11:1-23 The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
The Word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, You, hear the words of this covenant & speak [them] to [Judah's] men & [Jerusalem's] inhabitants. |
And you, say to them, The Lord God of Israel says, [this;] Cursed [is] the man, [who doesn't] obey the Words of this covenant, [that] I commanded your [forefathers on] the day that I brought them [forward] out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey My voice & do them, according to all [that] I command you. |
So you shall be My people & I will be your God, [so] that I may [accomplish] the oath [that] I have sworn to your [forefathers,] to give them a land flowing with milk & honey, [like] it is this day. Then, I answered & said, So be it, O Lord. |
Then, the Lord said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah & in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, You, hear the Words of this covenant [contract] & do them. [Romans 2:13 For [its] not the hearers of the Law, [who] are just before God, but [those who do] the Law shall be justified.] |
For I protested [intensely] to your [forefathers on] the day that I brought them up, out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early [to warn] & [protested,] saying, Obey My voice. [Still,] they [didn't] obey, nor [leaned] their ear, but everyone walked in the imagination of their evil heart. |
Therefore, I will bring upon them all the Words of this covenant, [that] I commanded them to do, but they [didn't do] them. And the Lord said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem. |
They [have] turned back to the [sins] of their forefathers, [who] refused to hear My words & they went after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel & the house of Judah, have broken My covenant, [that] I made with their [forefathers.] |
Therefore, the Lord says [this, Look,] I will bring [calamity] upon them, [so that] they shall not be able to escape, [even] though they cry [out] to Me, I won't [listen] to them. |
Then, the cities of Judah & inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go & cry [out] to the gods, to whom they offer incense. But they shall not save them at all in their time of trouble. For according to the number of your cities, were [the number of] your gods, O Judah. |
And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem, you have set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal. Therefore, [don't] pray [or] cry [out] for this people, for I won't hear them in the time of their trouble, [when] they cry [out] to Me. |
What [right does] My beloved have to do in [My] house, [since] she has [done what was lewd] with many & the holy [meat has] passed from you? [Exodus 29:32-33 And Aaron & his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram & the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. |
And they shall eat those things, [with which] the atonement was made, to consecrate & to sanctify them. But a stranger shall not eat [of it,] because they are holy.] |
When you do evil, then you rejoice. [Jeremiah 1:16 And I will [express] My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [Those,] who have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods & worshiped the works [made by] their own hands.] |
The Lord called your name, A green olive tree, [attractive, with nice] fruit. [But] He has [started] a fire upon it & [its] branches of it are broken, with the noise of a [large commotion.] |
[Psalm 52:7-8 [Look,] this is the man, [who didn't] make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches & strengthened himself in his wickedness. But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the mercy of God forever & ever.] |
For the Lord of Hosts, [Who] planted you, has [announced] evil against you, for the evil of the house of Israel & the house of Judah, [that] they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger, by offering incense to Baal. And the Lord has given me knowledge of it & I know it, then, You [showed] me their [actions.] |
But, I was like a lamb or ox that is brought to the slaughter & I [didn't know] that they had devised [plots] against Me, saying, Let's destroy the tree with [its] fruit. And let's cut Him off from the land of the living, [so] that His Name may no [longer] be remembered. |
[Isaiah 53:7-8 He was oppressed & He was afflicted. [Still,] He [didn' open] His mouth. He is brought [like] a lamb to the slaughter & [like] sheep before [its] shearers is [mute.] So, He [didn't] open His mouth. He was taken from prison & from [justice] & who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living & for the [sins] of My people, He was [struck.] |
But, O Lord of Hosts, [Who] judges righteously & [Who tests the heart strings,] let me see Your vengeance on them. For I have revealed my [case] to You. Therefore, the Lord says [this about] the men of Anathoth, [who] seek your life, saying, [Don't] prophesy in the Name of the Lord, [so] you [won't] die by our hand. |
Therefore, the Lord of Hosts says [this, Look,] I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword & their sons & daughters shall die by the famine. And there shall be [none remaining] of them. For I will bring [calamity] upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation, [a.k.a. punishment.] |
[Jeremiah 23:12-13 [For this reason,] their [road] shall be to them [like] slippery [roads] in the darkness. They shall be driven on & fall [in them.] For I will bring [calamity] upon them, even the year of their [punishment,] says the Lord. And I have seen [foolishness] in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied [about] Baal & caused My people to [go astray.] |