Jeremiah 11:9
7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
- KJV
- And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- WEB
- The LORD said to me, “A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- ASV
- And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- DARBY
- And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- BLB
- And YHWH said to me: “A conspiracy has been found out among the men of Judah, and among those dwelling in Jerusalem!
- ÅB
- Og Herren sa til meg: Det er funnet en sammensvergelse blant Judas menn og blant Jerusalems innbyggere.
- OTB
- Da sa Herren til meg, “Det er en sammensvergelse blant folket i Juda og innbyggerne i Jerusalem.
- B1930
- Og Herren sa til mig: Det er funnet en sammensvergelse blandt Judas menn og blandt Jerusalems innbyggere.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:25–31
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Read in contextMatthew 21:38–39
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:10
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Read in contextMatthew 26:15
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Read in contextJohn 11:53
Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Read in contextMicah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
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