Jeremiah 11:16-18

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¹⁶The Lord gave you a name.
He called you, “A green olive tree, beautiful to look at.”
But with a powerful storm, he will set that tree on fire,
and its branches will be burned up.^[a]

¹⁷The Lord All-Powerful planted you, and he said that disaster will come to you. That is because the family of Israel and the family of Judah have done evil things. They offered sacrifices to Baal, and that made him angry!

Evil Plans Against Jeremiah

¹⁸The Lord showed me that the men of Anathoth^[b] were making plans against me. He showed me what they were doing, so I knew they were against me.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 11:16 The meaning of these verses is uncertain.
Jeremiah 11:18 men of Anathoth Anathoth was Jeremiah’s hometown. The people who were plotting against him there included his own relatives. See Jer. 12:6.