Jeremiah 11
| Jeremiah 11 | |
|---|---|
 Book of Jeremiah in Hebrew Bible, MS. Sassoon 1053, images 283-315. | |
| Book | Book of Jeremiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 24 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
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 the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.[1][2]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 23 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[3][4]
- 4QJera (4Q70): extant: verses 3‑6, 19‑20
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
NKJV groups this chapter into:
- Jeremiah 11:1-17 = The Broken Covenant
- Jeremiah 11:18-23 = Jeremiah's Life Threatened
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"'[5]
- "Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant": a citation from Deuteronomy 11:26-28; 27:26; 28:15-68; cited in Galatians 3:10[6]
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,' (NKJV)[7]
- "Iron furnace": alluding Deuteronomy 4:20 which is a "warning against worshipping idols"; cross reference: 1 Kings 8:51[8]
See also
- Related Bible parts: Deuteronomy 11, Deuteronomy 27, Deuteronomy 28, Galatians 3
Notes and references
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Ulrich 2010, p. 564.
- ↑ Jeremiah 11:3
- ↑ The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. p. 1096-1097 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
- ↑ Jeremiah 11:4
- ↑ The Nelson Study Bible 1997, p. 1245-1247.
Bibliography
- Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
- The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999.
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