Jeremiah 11:1

CHAPTER XI

The prophet proclaims the tenor of God's covenant with the Jews

of old, 1-5;

and then reproves them for their hereditary disobedience, 6-19.

In consequence of this the Almighty is introduced, declaring he

will show them no pity, 11-13;

forbidding Jeremiah to intercede, 14;

rejecting their sacrifices, 15;

and in a word, condemning this fair but unfruitful tree to the

fire, 16, 17.

In what remains of the chapter the prophet predicts evil to his

neighbours of Anathoth, who had conspired against him, 18-23.

"Let us," said they, "destroy this tree, with the fruit

thereof," c., alluding to what Jeremiah had said in the

sixteenth verse.

NOTES ON CHAP. XI

Verse Jeremiah 11:1. The word that came to Jeremiah] This discourse is supposed to have been delivered in the first year of the reign of Zedekiah. See Dahler.