Jeremiah 11:7
in Jeremiah 11For 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.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 11
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHe never intended to take them under his guidance and protection upon any other terms. This was what he required from them in gratitude for the great things he did for them when he brought them from the iron furnace. He redeemed them out of the service of the Egyptians, which was perfect slavery, that he might take them into his own service, which is perfect freedom, Luke i.
This site's exposition
Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah
on Jeremiah 11:6-8
The command to proclaim is doubled by the record of how long the warning had run, “I strongly warned them again and again”. Verse 8 gives the verdict the covenant predicted, “each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart”. The curses now falling are the covenant's own words returning.
This site's exposition
For from the time I brought your fathers
Matthew Henry notes that Moses pressed this command again and again, precept upon precept and line upon line. Obedience was the one term on which God took Israel into his care. The warning ran from the exodus to Jeremiah's own day.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 7, 8.) For I solemnly warned your fathers on the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, 'Obey my voice.' Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not do.'
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Do my commandments, not only in some things, but according to all which I command you; make conscience of moral duties especially, and rest not in those that are merely ritual; hear the words of the covenant, and do them." 1. This was the original contract between God and them, when he first formed them into a people.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
God not only commanded it, but earnestly protested it to their fathers, when he brought them into covenant with himself. Moses inculcated it again and again, by precept upon precept and line upon line. This was made the condition of the relation between and God, which was so much their honour and privilege: " So shall you be my people and I will be your God;
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers,....
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הָעֵ֨ד | haed | certainly <to warn> | H5749 → | 44 times |
| הַעִדֹ֜תִי | haidoti | I warned | H5749 → | 44 times |
| בַּאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם | baavoteikhem | <in> ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּיוֹם֩ | beyom | on [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַעֲלוֹתִ֨י | haaloti | brought up I | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אוֹתָ֜ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵאֶ֤רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם | hashkem | rising early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| וְהָעֵ֖ד | vehaed | and warning | H5749 → | 44 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שִׁמְע֖וּ | shimu | listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּקוֹלִֽי׃ | bekoli | to voice my | H6963 → | 506 times |
כִּי֩for
kiH3588 →4482 times
הָעֵ֨דcertainly <to warn>
haedH5749 →44 times
הַעִדֹ֜תִיI warned
haidotiH5749 →44 times
בַּאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם<in> ancestors your
baavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
בְּיוֹם֩on [the] day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
הַעֲלוֹתִ֨יbrought up I
haalotiH5927 →890 times
אוֹתָ֜ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
מֵאֶ֤רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְעַד־and until
vead-H5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
הַשְׁכֵּ֥םrising early
hashkemH7925 →65 times
וְהָעֵ֖דand warning
vehaedH5749 →44 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
שִׁמְע֖וּlisten
shimuH8085 →1159 times
בְּקוֹלִֽי׃to voice my
bekoliH6963 →506 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 15:26saying, “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…
it leads to
- Psalms 103:3
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- Deuteronomy 7:15
And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
- Exodus 23:25
So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
- Psalms 41:3–4
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
- Psalms 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Psalms 103:3
Through
Ephesians 4:17So 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.
it leads to
- Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- 1 Peter 4:3–4
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2
Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live,…
- Romans 1:21
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.