Jeremiah 11:6-8

Expanded Bible

⁶ The Lord said to me, “·Announce [Proclaim] ·this message [^Lall these words] in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the words of this ·agreement [covenant; treaty] and ·obey [^Ldo] them. ⁷ I warned your ·ancestors [fathers] to obey me when I brought them out of Egypt [Ex. 12–15]. I have warned them again and again to this very day: “·Obey me [^LListen to my voice]!” ⁸ But your ·ancestors [fathers] did not ·listen [obey] or ·pay attention [^Lbend their ear] to me. They ·were stubborn and did what their own evil hearts wanted [^Lwalked in the stubborness of their evil hearts]. So I made all the ·curses [^Lwords] of this ·agreement [covenant; treaty] come upon them [Deut. 28:15–68]. I commanded them to obey the ·agreement [covenant; agreement], but they did not.’”