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which I commanded your ancestors[a] in the day of my bringing them from the land of Egypt, from the furnace of iron, saying,[b] ‘Listen to my voice and do according to all that I command you, so will you be my people, and I will be your God.’[c] in order to keep the oath that I swore to your ancestors,[d] to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I answered and said, “Let it be so,[e] O Yahweh.”

And Yahweh said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying,[f] ‘Hear the words of this covenant and do them,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:4 Or “fathers”
  2. Jeremiah 11:4 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 11:4 Literally “and you shall be to me as people and I will be to you as God”
  4. Jeremiah 11:5 Or “fathers”
  5. Jeremiah 11:5 Literally “Amen”
  6. Jeremiah 11:6 Literally “to say”

the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt,(A) out of the iron-smelting furnace.(B)’ I said, ‘Obey(C) me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people,(D) and I will be your God. Then I will fulfill the oath I swore(E) to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’(F)—the land you possess today.”

I answered, “Amen,(G) Lord.”

The Lord said to me, “Proclaim(H) all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow(I) them.

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