Bible Strands
Jeremiah 11:7
For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, recounting His historical dealings with their ancestors. This declaration occurs at the moment Jeremiah is commanded to publicly proclaim the covenant terms in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem.
The words — The Hebrew verb הַעִדֹ֜תִי (ha.'i.Do.ti) translates literally as "I warned," emphasizing repeated divine testimony. It derives from the root עֵד (ha.'Ed), meaning "to warn" or "bear witness," underscoring the formal nature of God's prior communications.
The thread — This pattern of repeated divine warning appears in 2 Chronicles 36:15, where the LORD sends messengers to His people again and again. The command to heed God's voice echoes the conditional instructions and warnings found in Exodus 15:26 and Exodus 23:21.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate attention to the covenant terms rather than passive hearing. It requires the reader to recognize that persistent divine instruction precedes and justifies subsequent judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 36:15 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
- Exodus 15:26 saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Exodus 23:21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
- 1 Samuel 8:9 Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
- Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- Deuteronomy 4:6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
- Deuteronomy 5:29 If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
- Deuteronomy 6:2 so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 8:6 Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.
- Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,