Jeremiah 11
Jeremiah 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter includes the first of the passages known as the "Confessions of Jeremiah".
Text
The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 23 verses.Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis. Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJera, with extant verses 3‑6, 19‑20.There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus. The Septuagint version doesn't contain a part what is generally known to be verses 7–8 in Christian Bibles.
Parashot
The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Jeremiah 11 is a part of the Fifth prophecy in the section of Prophecies of Destruction . : open parashah; : closed parashah.Covenant Curse (11:1–17)
This section contains the 'second major prose sermon' in the book of Jeremiah, closely related in style to the 'temple sermon', in which a curse in announced 'upon anyone who does not heed the words of the Mosaic covenant', focusing on the point that 'the possession of the land hinges entirely upon obedience to the covenant'.Verses 2–3
Verse 2
"Speak": Say to them, i.e. the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.Verse 3
"Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant": a citation from, quoted by the apostle Paul in Galatians 3:10.Verse 4
The entire future of the community in the land is dependent on the covenant with YHWH as the formula "I will be your God and you will be my people" is linked closely to "YHWH's oath to give them a land 'flowing with milk and honey'".The first lament (11:18–23)
This part records Jeremiah's first lament or 'confession' which will gain a divine response in the following part. From the prose comments it is clear that Jeremiah is the speaker.Verse 18
The Jerusalem Bible inserts verse 6 of chapter 12 immediately after this verse:Verse 20
- "The feelings" : referring to "most secret parts", lit. "kidneys".
In popular culture
- Verse 11 of this chapter, which reads: "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.", is cited in the 2019 American horror movie Us, directed by Jordan Peele. Newslanes.com interprets the verse's use in the film as referring to the coming vengeance of the real Adelaide, also noting that it "mirrors itself like a doppelgänger".