Jeremiah 11:6

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Proclaim	קְרָ֨א ke.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
words	הַדְּבָרִ֤ים ha.de.va.Rim	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
cities	בְּעָרֵ֣י be.'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
streets	וּבְחֻצ֥וֹת u.ve.chu.Tzot	H2351	properly · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Hear	שִׁמְע֗וּ shim.'U	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
words	דִּבְרֵי֙ div.Rei	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine plural construct
covenant	הַבְּרִ֣ית ha.be.Rit	H1285	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of fl… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
do	וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם va.'a.si.Tem	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Romans 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jeremiah 3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to f…
Jeremiah 7:2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at t…
Jeremiah 19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell th…
John 13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Psalms 15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 11:1-10

The 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 produces the commission he had to draw up the charge against them. He did not take pleasure in accusing the children of his people, but God commanded him to speak it to the men of Judah, Jer 11:1, Jer 11:2. In the original it is plural: Speak you this. For what he said to Jeremiah was the same that he gave in charge to all his servants the prophets. They none of them said any other than what Moses, in the law, had said; to that therefore they must refer themselves, and direct the people…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 11:6

Jeremiah was to take a prophetic tour throughout Judah, to proclaim everywhere the denunciations in the book of the law found in the temple. Hear . . . do-- (Rom 2:13; Jam 1:22).

John Gill on Jeremiah 11:6

Then the Lord said unto me,.... Again; for this is a repetition of the above order: proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: with a loud voice, and openly, that all may hear: saying, hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them; which their forefathers promised, when the covenant was made with them, Exodus 24:7, but did not perform; hearing without doing is of little avail; not the hearers, but the doers of the law are justified; wherefore men should not be content with hearing only, Romans 2:13.

John Calvin on Jeremiah 11:6-8

Jeremiah 11:6-8 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, amid do them. 6, Ex dixit Jehova ad me, clama (hoc est, clamosa voce promulga) verba haec in urbibus Jehudah et in compitis Jerusalem dicendo, Audite verba foederis hujus et facite ca. 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. 7. Quia contestando contestatus sum patribus vestris dic qua feci ascendere eos e terra Egypti usque ad diem hanc, mane surgendo et contestando et dicendo, Au…

The Church Fathers

"And the Lord said to me: Read these words in the cities of Judah and outside Jerusalem." And to those outside we read the words of God, calling them to salvation. "Hear the words of this covenant and do them."
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 9

(Version 6.) And the Lord said to me, proclaim (or read) all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Listen to the words of this covenant and do them. The most merciful God often predicts the future, so that the hard heart may be softened to believe. He predicts both in the city of Jerusalem and in the field outside, so that the same repentance may apply to both, which is the common distinction of those places.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Bethlehem · General references — General references
Prophecy · .Publicly proclaimed — .Publicly proclaimed
Prophets · Predictions of: Proclaimed in the cities and streets — Predictions of: Proclaimed in the cities and streets

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 11:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 11:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 11:6

John Gill on Jeremiah 11:6

John Calvin on Jeremiah 11:6-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 11:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 11:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 11:6

John Gill on Jeremiah 11:6

John Calvin on Jeremiah 11:6-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 11:1-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 11:6-7

Rashi on Jeremiah 11:5