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King James Version

Jeremiah 11:3

And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Covenant;   Thompson Chain Reference - Curse, Divine;   Divine;   God;   The Topic Concordance - Covenant;   Curses;   Disobedience;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Forgiveness;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hilkiah;   Jeremiah;   Kings, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Jeremiah (2);   Josiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cursing;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Let a curse be on the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
Hebrew Names Version
and say you to them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el: Cursed be the man who doesn't hear the words of this covenant,
English Standard Version
You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant
New American Standard Bible
and say to them, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: "Cursed is the one who does not obey the words of this covenant
New Century Version
Tell them this is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the person who does not obey the words of this agreement
Amplified Bible
"Say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant
World English Bible
and say you to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who doesn't hear the words of this covenant,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And say thou vnto them, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the wordes of this couenant,
Legacy Standard Bible
and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Cursed is the man who does not hear the words of this covenant
Berean Standard Bible
You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
Complete Jewish Bible
tell them that Adonai the God of Isra'el says: ‘A curse on anyone who does not pay attention to the words of this covenant,
Darby Translation
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant
Easy-to-Read Version
Tell them that this is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: ‘Bad things will happen to anyone who does not obey this agreement.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall say to them. Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not obey the words of this covenant
Good News Translation
that I, the Lord God of Israel, have placed a curse on everyone who does not obey the terms of this covenant.
Lexham English Bible
and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: "The man is cursed who does not obey the words of this covenant,
Literal Translation
and say to them, So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Cursed is the man who does not obey the Words of this covenant,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And saye thou vnto the: Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel: Cursed be euery one, that is not obedient vnto ye wordes of this couenaut:
American Standard Version
and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,
Bible in Basic English
The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and say thou unto them: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,
King James Version (1611)
And say thou vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Cursed bee the man that obeyeth not the words of this Couenant,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto the words of this couenaunt,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Cursed is the man, who shall not hearken to the words of this covenant,
English Revised Version
and say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Cursid be the man that herith not the wordis of this couenaunt,
Update Bible Version
and say to them, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: Cursed be the man that does not hear the words of this covenant,
Webster's Bible Translation
And say thou to them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed [be] the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
New English Translation
Tell them that the Lord , the God of Israel, says, ‘Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.
New King James Version
and say to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant
New Living Translation
Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: Cursed is anyone who does not obey the terms of my covenant!
New Life Bible
Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: "Cursed is the man who does not listen to the words of this agreement
New Revised Standard
You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel: Cursed be anyone who does not heed the words of this covenant,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and say thou unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, - Accursed, is the man who will not hear the words of this covenant;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Cursed is the man that shall not hearken to the words of this covenant,
Revised Standard Version
You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not heed the words of this covenant
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel: Cursed [is] the man who doth not obey the words of this covenant,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant

Contextual Overview

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord . 6 Then the Lord said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but they did them not. 9 And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 27:26, Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Deuteronomy 29:19, Deuteronomy 29:20, Galatians 3:10-13

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:15 - Cursed be

Cross-References

Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:6
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Genesis 11:7
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Genesis 11:18
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Genesis 14:10
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Exodus 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
2 Samuel 12:31
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And say thou unto them,.... This shows that the command of publishing the law or covenant was, however, principally given to Jeremiah:

thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; that made them, and brought them out of Egypt, and made a covenant with them, and had taken care of them, and had bestowed many favours upon them:

cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant; which the prophet, it may be, had in his hands, even the book of the law, and held it forth unto them, while he was speaking; the language of which is, cursed is everyone that does not constantly and perfectly perform what is contained in it, Deuteronomy 27:26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 11:3. Cursed be the man that obeyeth not — After the reading, the prophet appears to sum up the things contained in what was read to them; as if he had said, "Ye hear what the Lord saith unto you: remember, the sum of it is this: The man is cursed who obeyeth not; and he is blessed who obeys. From these declarations God will not depart."


 
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