Jeremiah 11:17

15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?

16 The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”

18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.

19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
KJV
For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
WEB
For the LORD of Armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal.
ASV
For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal.
DARBY
For Jehovah of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done for themselves, to provoke me to anger in burning incense unto Baal.
BLB
And YHWH of Hosts who planted you has spoken evil against you on account of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.
ÅB
Og Herren, hærskarenes Gud, som plantet deg, har talt ondt over deg for den ondskaps skyld som Israels hus og Judas hus har gjort, så de har vakt min harme ved å brenne røkelse for Ba'al.
OTB
Herren, hærskarenes Gud, som plantet deg, har bestemt ulykke for deg, fordi Israels hus og Judas hus har gjort ondt og provosert meg ved å brenne røkelse til Baal.
B1930
Og Herren, hærskarenes Gud, som plantet dig, har talt ondt over dig for den ondskaps skyld som Israels hus og Judas hus har gjort, så de har vakt min harme ved å brenne røkelse for Ba'al.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 5:2

    He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

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  • Jeremiah 12:2

    You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

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  • Jeremiah 2:21

    I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

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  • Jeremiah 19:15

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”

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  • Jeremiah 18:8

    But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

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  • Jeremiah 42:10

    ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

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  • Jeremiah 11:11

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

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  • Jeremiah 7:9

    Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

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