Jeremiah 11:9

THE MESSAGE

Then God said, "There's a conspiracy among the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. They've plotted to reenact the sins of their ancestors—the ones who disobeyed me and decided to go after other gods and worship them. Israel and Judah are in this together, mindlessly breaking the covenant I made with their ancestors."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been discovered among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Yehudah, and among the inhabitants of Yerushalayim.

King James Version
And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

English Standard Version
Again the Lord said to me, "A conspiracy exists among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me, "A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

New Century Version
Then the Lord said to me, "I know the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem have made secret plans.

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD said to me, "A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the people of Jerusalem.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord sayd vnto me, A conspiracie is found among the men of Iudah, and among the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD told me, "There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to me: Jeremiah, the people of Judah and Jerusalem are plotting against me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Adonai said to me, "The men of Y'hudah and the people living in Yerushalayim have formed a conspiracy.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to me, "Jeremiah, I know that the people of Judah and the people living in Jerusalem have made secret plans.

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to me, "The people of Judah and of Jerusalem are plotting against me.

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to me, "A conspiracy is found among the people of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to me, A plot is found among the men of Judah, and among those living in Jerusalem.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde vnto me: It is foude out, that whole Israel and all the citisens off Ierusalem are gone backe.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto me: 'A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said vnto me, A conspiracie is found among the men of Iudah, and among the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde vnto me: it is founde out that whole Israel and all these cities of Hierusalem are gone backe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Juda, and among the dwellers in Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to me, Sweryng togidere is foundun in the men of Juda, and in the dwelleris of Jerusalem;

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

New English Translation
The Lord said to me, "The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have plotted rebellion against me!

New King James Version
And the LORD said to me, "A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

New Living Translation
Again the Lord spoke to me and said, "I have discovered a conspiracy against me among the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

New Life Bible
Then the Lord said to me, "Sinful plans have been made by the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard
And the Lord said to me: Conspiracy exists among the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh therefore said unto me, - There is found a conspiracy, among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to me: A conspiracy is found among the men of Juda, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Revised Standard Version
Again the LORD said to me, "There is revolt among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me: `A conspiracy is found in the men of Judah, And in the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD said to me, "A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Message that came to Jeremiah from God : ²"Preach to the people of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them this: ‘This is God 's Message, the Message of Israel's God to you. Anyone who does not keep the terms of this covenant is cursed. The terms are clear. I made them plain to your ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt, out of the iron furnace of suffering. "‘Obey what I tell you. Do exactly what I command you. Your obedience will close the deal. You'll be mine and I'll be yours. This will provide the conditions in which I will be able to do what I promised your ancestors: to give them a fertile and lush land. And, as you know, that's what I did.'" "Yes, God ," I replied. "That's true." God continued: "Preach all this in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Say, ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and carry them out! I warned your ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt and I've kept up the warnings. I haven't quit warning them for a moment. I warned them from morning to night: "Obey me or else!" But they didn't obey. They paid no attention to me. They did whatever they wanted to do, whenever they wanted to do it, until finally I stepped in and ordered the punishments set out in the covenant, which, despite all my warnings, they had ignored.'" Then God said, "There's a conspiracy among the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. They've plotted to reenact the sins of their ancestors—the ones who disobeyed me and decided to go after other gods and worship them. Israel and Judah are in this together, mindlessly breaking the covenant I made with their ancestors." "Well, your God has something to say about this: Watch out! I'm about to visit doom on you, and no one will get out of it. You're going to cry for help but I won't listen. Then all the people in Judah and Jerusalem will start praying to the gods you've been sacrificing to all these years, but it won't do a bit of good. You've got as many gods as you have villages, Judah! And you've got enough altars for sacrifices to that impotent sex god Baal to put one on every street corner in Jerusalem!" "And as for you, Jeremiah, I don't want you praying for this people. Nothing! Not a word of petition. Indeed, I'm not going to listen to a single syllable of their crisis-prayers." "What business do the ones I love have figuring out how to get off the hook? And right in the house of worship! Do you think making promises and devising pious programs will save you from doom? Do you think you can get out of this by becoming more religious? A mighty oak tree, majestic and glorious— that's how I once described you. But it will only take a clap of thunder and a bolt of lightning to leave you a shattered wreck. "I, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, who planted you—yes, I have pronounced doom on you. Why? Because of the disastrous life you've lived, Israel and Judah alike, goading me to anger with your continuous worship and offerings to that sorry god Baal." God told me what was going on. That's how I knew. You, God , opened my eyes to their evil scheming. I had no idea what was going on—naive as a lamb being led to slaughter! I didn't know they had it in for me, didn't know of their behind-the-scenes plots: "Let's get rid of the preacher. That will stop the sermons! Let's get rid of him for good. He won't be remembered for long." Then I said, " God -of-the-Angel-Armies, you're a fair judge. You examine and cross-examine human actions and motives. I want to see these people shown up and put down! I'm an open book before you. Clear my name." That sent a signal to God , who spoke up: "Here's what I'll do to the men of Anathoth who are trying to murder you, the men who say, ‘Don't preach to us in God 's name or we'll kill you.' Yes, it's God -of-the-Angel-Armies speaking. Indeed! I'll call them to account: Their young people will die in battle, their children will die of starvation, and there will be no one left at all, none. I'm visiting the men of Anathoth with doom. Doomsday!" ⁵The Terms of This Covenant The Message that came to Jeremiah from God : "Preach to the people of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them this: ‘This is God 's Message, the Message of Israel's God to you. Anyone who does not keep the terms of this covenant is cursed. The terms are clear. I made them plain to your ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt, out of the iron furnace of suffering. "‘Obey what I tell you. Do exactly what I command you. Your obedience will close the deal. You'll be mine and I'll be yours. This will provide the conditions in which I will be able to do what I promised your ancestors: to give them a fertile and lush land. And, as you know, that's what I did.'" "Yes, God ," I replied. "That's true." ⁶ God continued: "Preach all this in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Say, ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and carry them out! I warned your ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt and I've kept up the warnings. I haven't quit warning them for a moment. I warned them from morning to night: "Obey me or else!" But they didn't obey. They paid no attention to me. They did whatever they wanted to do, whenever they wanted to do it, until finally I stepped in and ordered the punishments set out in the covenant, which, despite all my warnings, they had ignored.'" ⁹Then God said, "There's a conspiracy among the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. They've plotted to reenact the sins of their ancestors—the ones who disobeyed me and decided to go after other gods and worship them. Israel and Judah are in this together, mindlessly breaking the covenant I made with their ancestors."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 8:10, Ezekiel 22:25-31, Hosea 6:9, Micah 3:11, Micah 7:2, Micah 7:3, Zephaniah 3:1-4, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 21:39, Matthew 26:3, Matthew 26:4, Matthew 26:15, John 11:53, Acts 23:12-15

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
These are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.

Genesis 11:1
At one time, the whole Earth spoke the same language. It so happened that as they moved out of the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled down.

Genesis 11:14
When Shelah was thirty years old, he had Eber. After Shelah had Eber, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and Sarai his daughter-in-law (his son Abram's wife) and set out with them from Ur of the Chaldees for the land of Canaan. But when they got as far as Haran, they settled down there.

Genesis 11:32
Terah lived 205 years. He died in Haran.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto me,.... After he had given him the order to publish and proclaim the words of the covenant, and exhort to obedience to them; he showed the prophet the reason of it, and opened to him a secret he was not acquainted with:

a conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem; not against the king, and against the civil government, but against the King of kings, against God and his covenant, his word and his worship; some designs were forming to cashier these, and introduce a new religion, the idolatry of the Gentiles; and it was not a few only that were in the scheme, the combination was general, city and country were in it; the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the more polite part of the nation, and the country people, that dwelt in the several cities of Judah, were all united in this affair; and this was found out by him who sees and knows all things. It is common for innovators in religion to lay schemes privately, and secretly inculcate them, before things are ripe for the open introduction of them. The Syriac version renders it, "a rebellion"; and conspiracies often issue in open rebellion; and so the Targum,

"and it is found that the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, have rebelled against my word.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A conspiracy - The defection from the covenant was as general as if it had been the result of preconcerted arrangement. The decided course taken by Josiah may, however, have led the opposite party to secret combinations against him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 11:9. A conspiracy is found — They were all fratres conjurati, sworn brothers, determined to cast off the Divine yoke, and no longer to have God to reign over them.