6 8<\/strong>. See summary at commencement of section. Gi. omits these three vv<\/em>. But Jer 11:6<\/em><\/span> is needed, in order to account for the hostility roused at Anathoth by Jeremiah’s mission. Jer 11:7-8<\/em><\/span> on the other hand are omitted by LXX, and may well have been inserted here from the parallel passage, Jer 7:23<\/span> f.<\/p>\n Proclaim … – <\/B>Probably Jeremiah accompanied Josiah in his progress 2Ki 23:15-20<\/span>, and everywhere read to the people the words of the newly-found book.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 6<\/span>. Proclaim all these words<\/B><\/I>] Let the same covenant, with the blessings and cursings, be read in every city of Judah, and in all the streets of Jerusalem, that all the people may know their duty, their privileges, and their danger.<\/P> <\/p>\n Let it be thy work to call upon this people, not only to hear, but to do, the words which I have commanded them, and they have engaged to do. <\/P> <\/p>\n 6.<\/B> Jeremiah was to take aprophetic tour throughout Judah, to proclaim everywhere thedenunciations in the book of the law found in the temple. <\/P> Hear . . . do<\/B> (Rom 2:13<\/span>;Jas 1:22<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n Then the Lord said unto me<\/strong>,…. Again; for this is a repetition of the above order:<\/p>\n proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem<\/strong>: with a loud voice, and openly, that all may hear:<\/p>\n saying, hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them<\/strong>; which their forefathers promised, when the covenant was made with them, Ex 24:7<\/span>, but did not perform; hearing without doing is of little avail; not the hearers, but the doers of the law are justified; wherefore men should not be content with hearing only, Ro 2:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Vs. 6-8; GOD’S FAITHFULLNESS TO HIS COVENANT<\/p>\n 1. Jeremiah is to call upon the whole of Judah to hear and obey the words of God’s covenant, (vs. 6; comp. Jer 3:12<\/span><\/strong>; Jer 7:2<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n 2. From the day that He delivered them from Egypt, the Lord has earnestly protested the nation’s careless attitude toward the covenant – urging them to obey His word as they had pledged themselves to do at Mt Sinai, (vs. 7; 1Sa 8:9<\/span><\/strong>; Exo 15:26<\/span><\/strong>; 2Ch 36:15<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n 3. But their fathers refused to hear and obey, (vs. 8a; Jer 7:24<\/span><\/strong>; Jer 9:14<\/span><\/strong>; Jer 35:15<\/span><\/strong>; Eze 20:8<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n a. Walking after the stubbornness of their own willful hearts they have violated the stipulations of the covenant through their apostasy.<\/p>\n b. Only by a genuine spiritual renewal, on the part of the nation, could they be restored to covenant fellowship and blessing; but this required repentance, and they were NOT READY FOR THATI<\/p>\n 4. Thus, the Lord is bringing upon them ALL the words of His covenant – with specific reference, here, to His threatenings against the rebellion and disobedience of their unbelieving hearts, (vs. 8b; Lev 26:14-43<\/span><\/strong>; Deu 8:19<\/span><\/strong>; Deu 28:15<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n Here the Prophet explains more clearly why he had been commanded to promulgate the words of the covenant: for the greater part of the people were no doubt ready boldly to object and say, “What dost thou mean? Are not we the disciples of Moses? Thou, forsooth! thinkest that thou hast to do with a barbarous people. Have we not been from our childhood taught the law of God? Is it not daily enjoined on us? We are sufficiently instructed in this doctrine of which thou pretendest that we are ignorant. Be gone hence; and go either to the Chaldeans or to the Assyrians or to the Egyptians; for we understand what the law teaches.” <\/p>\n There is then no doubt but that Jeremiah had been repulsed by this kind of insolence: he therefore shews that he had a just cause to set before them the law of God; for so great an oblivion had prevailed, that they did not know what God had formerly taught in his law: and besides, they and their fathers had been always rebellious, so that they had ever need of being taught, according to what is said by Isaiah, that the people were to be treated like children and taught, A, A; B, B, and that though the same things were repeated, they yet stopped at the rudiments and never made any progress. (Isa 28:10<\/span>) As then Isaiah reproached the people with tardiness in learning the law, so Jeremiah shews now that they were not to think it strange that God commanded his law to be proclaimed to them, because it had been hitherto despised by them. The rest we shall defer. <\/p>\n (6) In the cities of Judah . . .<\/strong>It is, at least, probable that the words are to be taken literally, and that the prophet went from city to city, doing his work as a preacher of repentance, and taking the new-found book of Deuteronomy as his text. The narrative of 2Ki. 23:13-20<\/span> indicates an iconoclastic journey throughout the kingdom as made by Josiah; and the prophetic discourse now before us, enforcing the observance of the covenant just made, would have been a fit accompaniment for such a mission.<\/p>\n 6<\/strong>. <\/strong> In the cities of Judah <\/strong> Comp. 2Ki 23:15-20<\/span>. Henderson suggests that Jeremiah accompanied Josiah in visits to the different cities to carry forward his work of reformation. Certainly the work of these two reformers was mutually helpful, and each has an illustrative bearing upon that of the other.<\/p>\n It should seem, that the Prophet was here sent into the streets to preach, as perhaps before he had been in the assembly.<\/p>\n Jer 11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.<\/p>\n Ver. 6. Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.<\/strong> ] Else ye hear to no purpose; as the salamander liveth in the fire, and is not made hot by the fire; as the Ethiopian goeth black into the bath, and as black he cometh forth.<\/p>\n NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Jer 11:6-8<\/p>\n 6And the LORD said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Hear the words of this covenant and do them. 7For I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning persistently, saying, Listen to My voice. 8Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart; therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’<\/p>\n Jer 11:6 This verse may imply an itinerant ministry. There is much about the lives of OT characters that is unknown. The VERB proclaim is a Qal IMPERATIVE (BDB 894, KB 1128, cf. Jer 2:2; Jer 3:12; Jer 7:2; Jer 19:2, same VERB but Qal PERFECt).<\/p>\n Jer 11:7-8 These verses are omitted in the LXX (except for And they did not obey, Jer 11:8). They are theologically similar to Jer 7:24-26. Basically they are Judah’s response to YHWH’s message through Jeremiah.<\/p>\n Jer 11:7 I solemnly warned. . .warning persistently This first phrase is an INFINITIVE ABSOLUTE and a PERFECT VERB of the same root (BDB 729, KB 795), which was a grammatical way to show intensity. The second phrase is literally rising early and warning, both Hiphil INFINITIVE ABSOLUTES.<\/p>\n YHWH repeatedly warned His covenant people by revelations through Moses during the exodus and wilderness wandering period. YHWH manifested His personal presence then by<\/p>\n 1. the Shekinah cloud<\/p>\n 2. providing water<\/p>\n 3. providing food<\/p>\n 4. clothes<\/p>\n a. did not wear out<\/p>\n b. grew with the children<\/p>\n 5. revelations at the tabernacle to Moses<\/p>\n Listen to My voice See note at Jer 11:2. Voice would be metaphorical for all of YHWH’s revelations (see above).<\/p>\n Jer 11:8 This verse describes the covenant people’s response to YHWH’s revelation.<\/p>\n 1. they did not obey – BDB 1033, KB 1570, Qal PERFECT (cf. Jer 7:24; Jer 9:13)<\/p>\n 2. they did not incline their ear – BDB 639, KB 692, Hiphil PERFECT (cf. Jer 35:15)<\/p>\n 3. they walked, every one, in the stubbornness of their evil heart (cf. Jer 3:17; Jer 7:24; Jer 9:14; Jer 13:10; Jer 16:12; Jer 18:12; Jer 23:17)<\/p>\n YHWH’s response was<\/p>\n 1. to bring the stated curses among them (cf. Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 27-29)<\/p>\n 2. even the curses did not affect their behavior<\/p>\n It must be remembered that biblical faith is not simply cognitive or a crisis experience, but a daily relationship with God through faith and repentance!<\/p>\n in the stubbornness of their evil heart God possibly chose Israel because of their rebellious tendencies (cf. Deu 9:6-7; Deu 9:13; Deu 9:24; Deu 10:16; Deu 31:27), so that the truth of His gracious and patient character (cf. Exo 34:6-7; Num 14:18; Deu 4:31; Neh 9:17; Psa 86:15; Psa 103:8-18; Psa 145:8-13) might shine all the brighter!<\/p>\n in the cities, &c. Compare Jer 2:28, and Jer 11:13. <\/p>\n Proclaim: Jer 3:12, Jer 7:2, Jer 19:2, Isa 58:1, Zec 7:7 <\/p>\n Hear: Jer 11:2-4, Psa 15:5, Joh 13:17, Rom 2:13, Jam 1:22 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 29:1 – the words Jer 2:2 – cry Zec 1:4 – but<\/p>\n Jer 11:6. Having received the favorable response from the prophet, the Lord told him to go to the people of Judah (the kingdom) and Jerusalem (the capital) and proclaim the words of the covenant to them. Not only was he to let the people hear them, but he was to exhort them to do them.<\/p>\n Jer 11:6-8. Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, &c. That all may hear, for all are concerned; saying, Hear ye the words, &c., and do them Let it be thy work to call upon this people, not only to hear, but to do the things which I have commanded them, and which they have engaged to do. For I earnestly protested Hebrew, in protesting I protested; a way of speaking by which the Hebrews expressed the seriousness and earnestness wherewith any thing was done: by protesting, he means the same with charging and solemnly enjoining, with promises annexed to obedience, and threatenings denounced in case of disobedience. This, God says, he had done with a great deal of patience and diligence, even from the time that this people were brought by him out of the land of Egypt to the present period. Yet they obeyed not And, because they were resolved not to be subject to Gods commandments, they would not so much as incline their ears to them, but walked every one in the imagination of his evil heart, following their own inventions; and each one acting as his fancy or humour led him, both in their devotions and in their conversations. Therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant That is, all the threatenings contained in it. Observe, reader, the words of Gods covenant shall not fall to the ground. If we do not by our obedience qualify ourselves for the blessings of it, we shall, by our disobedience, bring ourselves under the curses of it.<\/p>\n Again the Lord instructed His prophet to bear a similar message to the same audience. Since the expression "in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem" was proverbial language for the length and breadth of the country, Jeremiah may not necessarily have carried on an itinerant preaching ministry. [Note: Feinberg, p. 453.] <\/span> The people were to listen to and obey the Mosaic Covenant as Jeremiah proclaimed it.<\/p>\n Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. 6 8. See summary at commencement of section. Gi. omits these three vv. 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