Jeremiah 11:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ I warned your ·ancestors [fathers] to obey me when I brought them out of Egypt [Ex. 12–15]. I have warned them again and again to this very day: “·Obey me [^LListen to my voice]!” ⁸ But your ·ancestors [fathers] did not ·listen [obey] or ·pay attention [^Lbend their ear] to me. They ·were stubborn and did what their own evil hearts wanted [^Lwalked in the stubborness of their evil hearts]. So I made all the ·curses [^Lwords] of this ·agreement [covenant; treaty] come upon them [Deut. 28:15–68]. I commanded them to obey the ·agreement [covenant; agreement], but they did not.’”

⁹ Then the Lord said to me, “I know the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem have made ·secret plans [a conspiracy].