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Jeremiah 11:6
Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to Jeremiah, commanding him to deliver a message to the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. This occurs immediately after Jeremiah affirms God's oath regarding the promised land and precedes a reminder of God's repeated warnings since the exodus from Egypt.
The words — קְרָא (ke.Ra') means "proclaim" or "call out," and כָּל (kol) translates to "all." These terms frame the command to publicly announce every detail of the covenant without omission.
The thread — The call to obey the covenant echoes in Jeremiah 11:7, which records God’s repeated warning since Egypt to "Obey My voice." New Testament passages like Romans 2:13 and James 1:22 later reference the principle that righteousness requires doing the law, not merely hearing it.
Why it lands — The text demands public proclamation and active obedience to the covenant terms. It requires readers to move beyond passive hearing to concrete compliance with divine instruction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
- James 1:22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- Jeremiah 3:12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
- Jeremiah 7:2 “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
- Jeremiah 19:2 and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
- John 13:17 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- Psalms 15:5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Isaiah 58:1 “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Jeremiah 11:2 “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 7:7 Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”