Jeremiah 11:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷ I gave a warning to your ancestors at the time I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I have warned them again and again to this day. I told them to obey me. ⁸ But your ancestors did not listen to me. They were stubborn and did what their own evil hearts wanted. The agreement says that bad things will happen to them if they don’t obey. So I made all the bad things happen to them. I commanded them to obey the agreement, but they did not.’”

⁹ The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, I know that the people of Judah and the people living in Jerusalem have made secret plans.