Jeremiah 11:21

Translations

Modern

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

Traditional

Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:

Literal

Therefore thus says YHWH concerning the men of Anathoth, those seeking your soul, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of YHWH, and you will not die by our hand!—

Latin

Propterea hæc dicit Dominus ad viros Anathoth, qui quærunt animam tuam, et dicunt: Non prophetabis in nomine Domini, et non morieris in manibus nostris:

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Hebrew

English

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

Notes

Jeremiah 11:21–23

Jeremiah's enemies included his family and relatives in his hometown of Anathoth, and he grieved over their fate (Jeremiah 10:20). They demanded that he stop prophesying in the Lord's name. In line with the Lord's promise to protect him (Jeremiah 1:19), the Lord told Jeremiah that even the families of his enemies, including their children, would lose their lives when their punishment came.

Jeremiah 11:18–23

The Lord warned Jeremiah about the plans against him. Jeremiah prayed, and the Lord promised to save him.

Theme notes and profiles

God Protects His Servant Prayers for Vengeance The Righteous Suffer

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Luke 13:33–34
Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 30:10
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
Jeremiah 12:5–6
“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
Amos 2:12
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
Matthew 22:6
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Matthew 10:21
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
Jeremiah 26:8
…and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
Jeremiah 38:1–6
Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
Amos 7:13–16
But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
Jeremiah 20:1–2
When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
Luke 4:24
Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

Parallels

Jeremiah 18:18–23

Places

Anathoth: A Levitical city in Benjamin, home of the prophet Jeremiah

Glossary

Anathoth (Place), Anathothite Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Imprecatory Psalms Jeremiah (Person) Prayer

Topics

Anathoth: City of Refuge in Benjamin: Prophecies Against Jeremiah: The Prophet: Conspiracy Against Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments The Punishment of the Wicked: On Account of Their: Persecuting

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