# Jeremiah 11

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**Jeremiah 11** is the eleventh [chapter](/source/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible) of the [Book of Jeremiah](/source/Book_of_Jeremiah) in the [Hebrew Bible](/source/Hebrew_Bible) or the [Old Testament](/source/Old_Testament) of the [Christian](/source/Christianity) [Bible](/source/Bible). This book contains prophecies attributed to the [prophet](/source/Biblical_prophet) [Jeremiah](/source/Jeremiah), and is one of the [Books of the Prophets](/source/Nevi'im). This chapter includes the first of the passages known as the "[Confessions of Jeremiah](/source/Confessions_of_Jeremiah)" ().[1]

## Text

The original text was written in [Hebrew language](/source/Biblical_Hebrew). [This chapter is divided into](/source/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible) 23 verses.

### Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language) are of the [Masoretic Text](/source/Masoretic_Text) tradition, which includes the [Codex Cairensis](/source/Codex_Cairensis) (895), [the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets](/source/Codex_Babylonicus_Petropolitanus) (916), [Aleppo Codex](/source/Aleppo_Codex) (10th century), [Codex Leningradensis](/source/Leningrad_Codex) (1008).[2] Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the [Dead Sea Scrolls](/source/Dead_Sea_Scrolls), i.e., 4QJera (4Q70; 225–175 BCE[3][4]), with extant verses 3‑6, 19‑20.[5][6]

There is also a translation into [Koine Greek](/source/Koine_Greek) known as the [Septuagint](/source/Septuagint) (with a different verse numbering), made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the [Septuagint](/source/Septuagint) version include [Codex Vaticanus](/source/Codex_Vaticanus) (**B**; \mathfrak{G}B; 4th century), [Codex Sinaiticus](/source/Codex_Sinaiticus) (**S**; [BHK](/source/Biblia_Hebraica_(Kittel)): \mathfrak{G}S; 4th century), [Codex Alexandrinus](/source/Codex_Alexandrinus) (**A**; \mathfrak{G}A; 5th century) and [Codex Marchalianus](/source/Codex_Marchalianus) (**Q**; \mathfrak{G}Q; 6th century).[7] The Septuagint version doesn't contain a part what is generally known to be verses 7–8 in Christian Bibles.[8]

## Parashot

The *[parashah](/source/Parashah)* sections listed here are based on the [Aleppo Codex](/source/Aleppo_Codex).[9] Jeremiah 11 is a part of the *Fifth prophecy (Jeremiah 11[-13](/source/Jeremiah_13))* in the section of *Prophecies of Destruction ([Jeremiah 1](/source/Jeremiah_1)-[25](/source/Jeremiah_25))*. {P}: open *parashah*; {S}: closed *parashah*.

- {P} 11:1–5 {P} 11:6–8 {S} 11:9–10 {S} 11:11–13 {S} 11:14 {S} 11:15–17 {P} 11:18–20 {S} 11:21 {P} 11:22–23 {S}

## 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' (verses 3–4), focusing on the point that 'the possession of the land hinges entirely upon obedience to the covenant' (verse 5).[10]

### Verses 2–3

#### Verse 2

- *"Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;"*[11]

"Speak": Say to them, i.e. the men of [Judah](/source/Southern_Kingdom_of_Judah) and the inhabitants of [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem).

#### Verse 3

- *and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant"'*[12]

"Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant": a citation from , quoted by the apostle [Paul](/source/Paul_the_Apostle) in [Galatians 3:10](/source/Galatians_3:10).[13]

### Verse 4

- *which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,*'[14]

The entire future of the community in the land is dependent on the covenant with [YHWH](/source/YHWH) as the formula "I will be your God and you will be my people" (verse 4) is linked closely to "YHWH's oath to give them a land 'flowing with milk and honey'".[10]

## The first lament (11:18–23)

This part records Jeremiah's first lament or 'confession' (could be in one combination with [12:1–6](/source/Jeremiah_12#Jeremiah's_lament_(12:1–6));[15] cf. ; ; ; ) which will gain a divine response in the following part ([Jeremiah 12:5](/source/Jeremiah_12:5)–[6](/source/Jeremiah_12:6)).[10] From the prose comments it is clear that Jeremiah is the speaker.[10]

### Verse 18

- *Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings.*[16]

The [Jerusalem Bible](/source/Jerusalem_Bible) inserts [verse 6](/source/Jeremiah_12:6) of [chapter 12](/source/Jeremiah_12) immediately after this verse:

- *"Yes, even your own brothers and your own family play you false. Behind your back, they too criticise you openly. Put no reliance on them when they seem to be friendly".*[17]

### Verse 20

- *But, O Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,* - *who tries the feelings and the heart,*
- *let me see Your vengeance on them,* - *for to You I have revealed my cause.*[18]

- "The feelings" ([KJV](/source/KJV): "the reins"; [NKJV](/source/NKJV): "the minds"): referring to "most secret parts", *lit.* "kidneys".[19]

## 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." ([KJV](/source/King_James_Version)), is cited in the 2019 American horror movie [*Us*](/source/Us_(2019_film)), directed by [Jordan Peele](/source/Jordan_Peele).[20] 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".[21]

## See also

- [Anathoth](/source/Anathoth)
- [Baal](/source/Baal)
- [Egypt](/source/Egypt)
- [Israel](/source/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria))
- [Jeremiah](/source/Jeremiah)
- [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem)
- [Judah](/source/Kingdom_of_Judah)
- Related [Bible](/source/Bible) parts: [Deuteronomy 11](/source/Deuteronomy_11), [Deuteronomy 27](/source/Deuteronomy_27), [Deuteronomy 28](/source/Deuteronomy_28), [Galatians 3](/source/Galatians_3)

## References

1. Diamond, A. R. (1987), [The Confessions of Jeremiah in Context](https://epdf.tips/queue/the-confessions-of-jeremiah-in-context-scenes-of-prophetic-drama-jsot-supplement.html), JSOTSup 45, Sheffield

1. Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.

1. Cross, F.M. *apud* Freedman, D.N.; Mathews, K.A. (1985). *The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll (11QpaleoLev)*. Winona Lake, Indiana. p. 55

1. Sweeney, Marvin A. (2010). [*Form and Intertextuality in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature*](https://books.google.com/books?id=KIxMAwAAQBAJ). Vol. 45. Forschungen zum Alten Testament. reprint ed. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 66. ISBN 9781608994182. [ISSN 0940-4155](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0940-4155)

1. Ulrich 2010, p. 564.

1. Fitzmyer, Joseph A. (2008). [*A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature*](https://books.google.com/books?id=TILXeWJ2eNAC). Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 37. ISBN 9780802862419. Retrieved February 15, 2019.

1. Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.

1. ["Table of Order of Jeremiah in Hebrew and Septuagint"](https://www.ccel.org/bible/brenton/Jeremiah/appendix.html). *www.ccel.org*

1. As reflected in the [Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English](http://mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm).

1. O'Connor 2007, p. 499.

1. [NKJV](/source/New_King_James_Version)

1. NKJV

1. Coogan 2007, pp. 1096–1097 Hebrew Bible.

1. NKJV

1. O'Connor 2007, p. 500.

1. NKJV

1. Jerusalem Bible (1966), Jeremiah 11

1. [MEV](/source/Modern_English_Version)

1. Note [a] on Jeremiah 11:20 in NKJV

1. Fletcher, Rosie (March 23, 2019). ["Us: How Jeremiah 11:11 Fits in Jordan Peele Movie"](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/us-jeremiah-1111-jordan-peele-movie/). *[Den of Geek](/source/Den_of_Geek)*. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

1. Newslanes Media (22 March 2019). ["Jeremiah 11 11 Bible Verse Us Movie Ending EXPLAINED"](https://newslanes.com/2019/03/22/jeremiah-11-11-bible-verse-explained/). *NewsLanes*. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

## Sources

- Coogan, Michael David (2007). [*The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48*](https://books.google.com/books?id=HmpMPgAACAAJ). Augmented 3rd ed. Coogan, Michael David; Brettler, Marc Zvi; Newsom, Carol Ann; Perkins, Pheme (eds.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195288810.
- O'Connor, Kathleen M. (2007). ["23. Jeremiah"](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ). *The Oxford Bible Commentary*. first (paperback) ed. Barton, John & Muddiman, John (eds.). Oxford University Press. pp. 487–533. ISBN 978-0199277186. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- Ulrich, Eugene (ed.) (2010). [*The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants*](https://archive.org/details/TheBiblicalQumranScrolls). Brill. ISBN 9789004181830. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- Würthwein, Ernst (1995). [*The Text of the Old Testament*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC). Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.

## External links

### Jewish

- [Jeremiah 11 Hebrew with Parallel English](http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1111.htm)

### Christian

- [Jeremiah 11 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate](http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=28&c=11)

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