Jeremiah 11:1, Jeremiah proclaims God’s covenant; Jeremiah 11:8, rebukes the Jews’ disobeying thereof; Jeremiah 11:11, prophesies evils to come upon them; Jeremiah 11:18, and upon the men of Anathoth, for conspiring to kill him.
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Jeremiah 11
Jeremiah 11 — Overview
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Jeremiah 11 — OverviewJeremiah 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter, I. God by the prophet puts the people in mind of the
covenant he had made with their fathers, and how much he had insisted
upon it, as the condition of the covenant, that they should be obedient…Jeremiah 11 — OverviewJeremiah 11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of the covenant God had made with the people of the Jews; their breach of it; and the evils threatened them on that account; and particularly against the men of Anathoth, for their ill…Jeremiah 11:1-10Jeremiah 11:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe prophet here, as prosecutor in God's name, draws up an indictment
against the Jews for wilful disobedience to the commands of their
rightful Sovereign. For the more solemn management of this charge,
I. He…Jeremiah 11:1-8Jeremiah 11:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe ancient covenant.
I. THE OBJECT OF THE COVENANT. This was to secure obedience. No covenant was required on God's side, since he is ever willing to bless and changeless in his beneficence. But for the sake of men's…Jeremiah 11:1-12Jeremiah 11:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe covenant with the fathers binding on the children.
Here it is necessary to go back over all the history of Israel, and consider the great covenant transactions between God and his people. Such transactions we find…Jeremiah 11:1-23Jeremiah 11:1-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
The superscription in Jeremiah 11:1 evidently belongs to the three chapters 11-13, though Jeremiah 11:1-23 and Jeremiah 12:1-17 are more closely connected with each other than with Jeremiah 13:1-27. To which…