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","post_title":"Can I Get An Amen To That?","slug":"can-i-get-an-amen-to-that","old_id":"117474","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33877,"post_title":"Marc Bregman","slug":"marc-bregman","old_id":"33877","first_name":"Marc","last_name":"Bregman","description":"Marc Bregman received his Ph.D. from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1991. He taught at the Hebrew Union College (Jerusalem), The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Schechter Institute for Judaic Studies in Jerusalem, and at the Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheba, Israel. During 1993 he was Visiting Associate Professor at Yale University, and during 1996 he was the Stroum Professor of Jewish Studies and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle. During 2005, Bregman served as the Harry Starr Fellow in Judaica at Harvard University and was awarded a Teaching Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. 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Our<\/span> chapter<\/span><\/a> is a prose sermon about the<\/span> covenant<\/span><\/a>. Jeremiah is told by God to proclaim to Judah and Jerusalem:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Cursed be anyone who will not obey the terms of this covenant, which I enjoined upon your ancestors when I freed them from the land of Egypt\u2026And I responded, Amen, Lord!\u201d (<\/span>Jeremiah 11:1-5<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The word \u201c<\/span>amen<\/span><\/a>\u201d (\u201ctruly, verily\u201d indicating acceptance of what has been said, \u201cSo be it\u201d) occurs<\/span> 30 times<\/span><\/a> in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to<\/span> Sifre Devarim<\/span><\/a>, Rabbi Dostai (2<\/span>nd<\/span> century CE, Land of Israel) says:<\/span> Children with no loyalty (<\/span>emun<\/span><\/i>) in them<\/span><\/a>. But read here \u201cChildren with no <\/span>Amen<\/span><\/i> in them\u201d. The Israelites did not want to answer \"Amen\" after the prophets blessed them. For when God reminds them of: \u201c\u2026the oath that I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as is now the case.\u201d It was only Jeremiah who responded \u201cAmen, Lord!\u201d (<\/span>Jeremiah 11:5<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Talmud Yerushalmi Sotah<\/span><\/a> preserves a discussion of the Biblical word \u201cAmen\u201d. This word may indicate acceptance of an oath, as when Jeremiah responds to God\u2019s recalling: \u201c\u2026the oath that I swore to your fathers\u2026And I responded, Amen, Lord!\u201d. Rabbi Tan\u1e25uma insists that the verse from Jeremiah does not necessarily indicate the acceptance of an oath, but rather merely indicates Jeremiah\u2019s affirmation of what God has said. As in<\/span> I Kings 1:36<\/span><\/a>: \u201cBenaiah son of Jehoiada spoke up and said to the king [Solomon], \u2018Amen! And may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so ordain.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Malbim<\/span><\/a> comments on Jeremiah 11:5 that Jeremiah responded \u201cAmen\u201d, as customary, in order to \u201cestablish the words of the covenant\u201d (<\/span>le-qayyem \u2018et divrey ha-brit<\/span><\/em>). He was saying to God, in effect, that even if Israel abandons Your covenant, O Lord, I alone will establish it. In this way, God\u2019s oath to be our God will not be rescinded. And God will still give us the Land of Israel. So long as there is just one of the \u201cFathers\u201d (i.e. Jeremiah himself) who does not violate the covenant but continues to establish it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Second Temple times, \u201cAmen\u201d was the congregational response to the songs chanted by the Levites and became the accepted liturgical response to all prayers and blessings.<\/span> Talmud Bavli Sukkah<\/span><\/a> describes the prayer service in the Great Synagogue of Alexandria. Because the synagogue was so large that people could not hear the communal prayer, when the prayer leader reached the conclusion of a blessing requiring the people to answer \u201cAmen\u201d, the <\/span>Hazan<\/span><\/i> waved a scarf, and all the people would respond, \u201cAmen\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to<\/span> Talmud Bavli Shabbat<\/span><\/a>, one who responds \u201cAmen\u201d with all his strength, the gates of the Garden of Eden open before him, as it is stated: \u201cOpen the gates, and let a righteous nation enter who keeps faith\u201d (<\/span>Isaiah 26:2<\/span><\/a>). But instead of reading: \u201cwho keeps faith (<\/span>shomer<\/span> emunim)<\/span><\/em>, you can read: Who keeps saying \u201camen\u201d (<\/span>she-\u2019omerim<\/span> amen<\/span><\/em>).<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":83095,"alt":"","title":"","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen.jpg","width":5616,"height":3744,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Can I Get An Amen To That?","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The essence of faith","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":83095,"alt":"","title":"","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen.jpg","width":5616,"height":3744,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps41-amen-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"411","date":"20270328","wall_id":"411"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"375","name":"Faith","old_id":"775"},{"term_id":"395","name":"Covenant","old_id":"795"}]},{"order":3,"id":"117478","color":"#f6edf6","size":"1","name":"The Olive Tree Of Destruction ","post_title":"The Olive Tree Of Destruction","slug":"the-olive-tree-of-destruction","old_id":"117478","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":62571,"post_title":"Yaakov Bieler","slug":"yaakov-bieler","old_id":"62571","first_name":"Yaakov ","last_name":"Bieler ","description":"Rabbi Yaakov Bieler has been involved in Jewish education and the synagogue Rabbinate in New York, NY and Silver Spring, MD since being ordained by Yeshiva University in 1974. 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In Jeremiah 11, God compares the Jewish people to an olive tree that He planted, but which He decides now to destroy. The prophet presents both the <\/span>mashal<\/span><\/em> (parable) and the <\/span>nimshal<\/span><\/em> (reality alluded to):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God named you: \u201cVerdant olive tree, fair, with choice fruit.\u201d But with a great roaring sound He has set it on fire, and its boughs are broken. God of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because of the evil wrought by the House of Israel and the House of Judah, who angered Me by sacrificing to Baal (verses 16-17).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The commentator Mahar\u2019i Kara (French; 1065-1135) makes the positive and negative assessments dependent upon the Jews complying with God\u2019s commandments:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the past, when you fulfilled the Torah, you were comparable to a verdant olive tree, whose shade was pleasant, and fruit extraordinary. But now that you transgress my Torah, I will treat you like a tree that does not give fruit, and since its owners cannot benefit from it (the fruit) break off its branches for firewood.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This parable is reminiscent of Isaiah\u2019s \u201cParable of the Vineyard\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He broke the ground, cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>He built a watchtower inside it, He even hewed a wine press in it;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>For he hoped it would yield grapes. Instead, it yielded wild grapes\u2026<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Now I am going to tell you what I will do to My vineyard:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I will remove its hedge, that it may be ravaged;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I will break down its wall, that it may be trampled (Isaiah 5:2, 5).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After redeeming them from Egyptian servitude, God had \u201cplanted\u201d Israel in the Promised Land (see Ex. 15:17) in the hope that they would become \u201ca kingdom of priests and a holy nation\u201d (Ibid. 19:6). But when that didn\u2019t come to pass, Divine frustration with the Israelites led to the destruction of their society and the people\u2019s exile.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The commentator suggests an interesting interpretation to v. 17. Although the prophet appears to predict that God will directly set fire to the tree, Mahari Kara states that the tree\u2019s owners will decide that since it is not fruit-bearing, the tree should be used to fuel man-made fires. It seems to me that because of the severe strictures of <\/span>Bal Tashchit<\/span><\/em> (the prohibition against wanton destruction<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>see Deut. 20:19-20), the commentator preferred not to depict God in violation of His own prohibition. 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In <\/span>Isaiah 48<\/span><\/a>, the prophet invoked the <\/span>Shema <\/span><\/i>prayer and asked the people to listen to God. Jeremiah takes his message and increases it tenfold. Nine verses in this chapter contain the word \u201clisten.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The use of the word \u201clisten\u201d can be broken into three parts. The first is the review of the times that God asked the people to listen to him (verses 2-7):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Listen to the terms of this covenant, and recite them to the citizenry of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem! (verse 2);<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2026 Cursed be anyone who will not listen the terms of this covenant\u2026 (verse 3);\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Which I enjoined upon your ancestors when I freed them from the land of Egypt, the iron crucible, saying, \u2018Listen to my voice Me and observe them\u2019 (verse 4);\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u2026Hear the terms of this covenant, and perform them (verse 6);\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For I have repeatedly and persistently warned your ancestors from the time I brought them out of Egypt to this day, saying: listen to My commands (verse 7).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The second part is the failure of the people to listen to God (verses 8-10):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But they would not listen or give ear (verse 8);\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They have returned to the iniquities of their ancestors of old, who refused to listen to My words (verse 10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The final section is God saying the quiet part out loud. This part was missing from Isaiah. If the people do not listen to God, then God will not listen to the people (verses 11-14):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Then they will cry out to me, but I will not listen to them (verse 11);<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As for you, do not pray for these people, do not raise a cry of prayer on their behalf; for I will not listen when they call to Me on account of their disaster (verse 14).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This last verse is shocking. God instructs his own prophet to refrain from praying for the people because God will not listen to his prayer. God is saying enough is enough. God has been asking for the people to listen to him since the days of the wilderness, and the people keep refusing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God\u2019s rejection of prayer seems to run counter to his desire for repentance. Perhaps God is trying another tactic here. For too long the people got away with not listening and then getting what they want when they come running back to God only to return to their bad behavior. God is trying to break this cycle by showing them what it is like to not be listened to. 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\u201cCursed is the man who integrates. Jeremiah 11:3-6.\u201d A white woman whose face was contorted into a scream held up this sign protesting school integration. The sign appears in a short video in the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, highlighting Ruby Bridges\u2019 memories of her first day in an integrated school. Bridges was born into the Civil Rights Movement; Brown vs. the Board of Education, decided in 1954, less than four months after Bridges was born, would take years to operationalize. Bridges passed a test qualifying her for entrance into the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Because the other children who passed the test decided to stay in their old schools, Bridges walked into that school, a child alone, accompanied by her mother and four federal marshals. The scene, in all its innocence and darkness, is captured in Norman Rockwell\u2019s famous and heartbreaking painting \u201cThe Problem We All Live With.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We live with it still.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What words could possibly have been lifted from Jeremiah to justify white hatred for little Ruby Bridges?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And say to them, Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: \u2018Cursed be the man who will not obey the terms of this covenant, which I enjoined upon your fathers when I freed them from the land of Egypt, the iron crucible, saying, \u2018Obey Me and observe them, just as I command you, that you may be My people and I may be your God\u2019\u2014 in order to fulfill the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as is now the case.\u2019 And I responded, \u2018Amen, Lord.\u2019 And the Lord said to me, \u2018Proclaim all these things through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the terms of this covenant, and perform them\u2019 (11:3-6).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah <\/span>does<\/em> <\/span>curse the man who doesn\u2019t obey the words of the covenant, but it is a covenant based on redeeming the Jews from slavery. It never mentions enslaving anyone else with the shackles of prejudice. It celebrates the chance for freedom, for a land of milk and honey. Exploiting the Bible to support hateful politics will never ultimately win, as MLK reminds us, \u201cThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In\u00a0 the second half of chapter 11 (v.15-23)\u00a0 we see Jeremiah facing the angry people of his hometown Anathoth. Does the personal persecution of the prophet have relevance to the global narrative of the book, or is this just here as color - to provide literary insight into the character of the man?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Looking back at the first chapter we see how Jeremiah was introduced: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations\u2026.I have put my words in your mouth... today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah here is being set up for us, just as Moses was before, as an encapsulation of Israel as a whole. It was Israel who was chosen and formed in the womb, crucible of Egypt, it was Israel who was sanctified before birth and ordained as an intermediary to the nations. (Ex. 4:22)\u00a0 It was Israel who had God\u2019s word placed in its mouth (Isaiah 59:21) and placed \u2018above\u2019 the other nations (Duet. 28:13). We can also note that Jeremiah is established as a priest - establishing that just as Jeremiah is a priest among his people, so Israel was set up as a \"nation of priests\" among the nations. (Ex. 19:6)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our chapter\u2019s underlying message is now revealed: The men of Anathoth are not just out to get Jeremiah. As he personifies the soon-to-be-exiled Judah, they personify Judah's enemies. God assured Jeremiah\/Israel that though they may be trapped in the hands of their enemies, they are not to heed their request not to represent God\u2019s name.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We can also understand why Jeremiah's editor placed this narrative here. The segue is the last verse of the prior section (which should be a different chapter). After again promising doom on Judah for their abandonment of the covenant, God again reiterated to Jeremiah (11:14) \u201cDo not pray for this nation.\u201d He doesn\u2019t, at least not explicitly, since he was forbidden, but he prays for himself while personifying Israel in exile, and God answers him with a coded message of consolation for Israel, while reaffirming the purpose of the exile: that they indeed speak the word of God in foreign lands, without fear.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In chapter 11, Jeremiah learns that not only are his warnings of the upcoming destruction not being heeded, his life is under threat \u2013 even in his hometown of Anathoth. He declares:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For I was like a docile lamb<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Led to the slaughter;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I did not realize<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>That it was against me<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>They fashioned their plots:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>\u2018Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Let us cut him off from the land of the living.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>That his name be remembered no more!\u2019 (11:19)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Let\u2019s take a look at the phrase \u201clike a docile lamb.\u201d The Hebrew is <\/span>k\u2019kheves aluf<\/span><\/em>. The word <\/span>keves<\/span><\/em>\u00a0certainly means \u201clamb\u201d, but how does <\/span>aluf<\/span><\/em>\u00a0mean \u201cdocile\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The verb <\/span>A-L-F<\/span><\/em>\u00a0means \u201cto train, and so a more precise translation could be \u201ctrained lamb.\u201d But certainly trained animals are tame, so \u201cdocile\u201d works (certainly in the context of the verse quoted.) This verb gives us the word <\/span>ulpan<\/span><\/em>, which originally meant \u201cteaching.\u201d Now it generally refers to a school where Hebrew is taught intensively. It also means a studio \u2013 a room where music, films or television are recorded. This might seem strange, but just looking at the word \u201cstudio\u201d gives us a hint to its etymology - it originally meant \u201croom for study.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While our verse talks about tamed sheep, the largest tamed animal in that region was the ox \u2013 in Hebrew <\/span>elef<\/span><\/em>. Some theories even trace the English word \u201celephant\u201d back to the Hebrew <\/span>elef<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The shape of the ox head gave Hebrew the name of its first letter in the alphabet \u2013 <\/span>alef<\/span><\/em>. <\/span>Alef<\/span><\/em> became \u201calpha\u201d in Greek\u201d, and in Latin (and later English) became the letter \u201cA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If we look back to other Semitic languages, we can find even an earlier root. Dr. Ernest Klein writes that the meaning \u201cteaching\u201d probably came from a root meaning \u201cto be linked together, to be connected\u201d (the goal of every successful teacher.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This root gave us a different meaning for <\/span>elef<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0- \u201cthousand\u201d, which Klein claims originally meant \u201cgroup\u201d or \u201ccrowd.\u201d The head of this group was known as an <\/span>aluf<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> which first meant \u201cchieftain\u201d, and in Modern Hebrew means \u201cgeneral (of an army)\u201d or \u201cchampion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So for an Israeli unfamiliar with the history of this root, they might think that a <\/span>keves aluf<\/span><\/em>\u00a0would mean a strong sheep \u2013 a real champion. But as you now have learned (in this mini-ulpan?), that was not what he was referring to at all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The term \u201ccovenant\u201d (<\/span>b\u2019rit<\/span><\/i>) appears five times in this chapter referring, specifically, to the initial covenant that God forged with Israel at the time of the Exodus from Egypt. At that time, Israel promised that in exchange for God\u2019s upholding His promise to their ancestors, they would forsake other gods and remain true to Him alone (4-5). Instead, they sacrificed to numerous gods\u2014\u201cas many as [their] towns\u201d\u2014albeit gratuitously, since these deities would not be able to assist them in their time of need (12-13).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Then God said to Jeremiah: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry of prayer on their behalf; for I will not listen when they call to Me on account of their disaster (14). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How counterintuitive. God told the prophet\u2014whose entire raison d\u2019etre is to intercede on behalf of the people\u2014to refrain from exercising his function. Actually, this is the second time God had so enjoined him, cf. 7:16.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The following verse, which appears to provide a reason or rationale for that injunction, poses its own exegetical challenge: \u201cWhy should My beloved be in My House, who executes so many vile designs? The sacral flesh will pass away from you, for you exult while performing your evil deeds\u201d (15). Shadal* commented:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Most of the commentaries on this verse are farfetched. I compare the expression \u201cpass away from you\u201d (<\/span>ya`avru me`alayikh<\/span><\/em>) with \u201cI have caused your sins to pass away from you\u201d (Zekh. 3:4) [which means to forgive]. I see this verse as a continuation of its predecessor: \u201cDo not pray for this people.\u201d \u201cWhy should My beloved,\u201d Jeremiah, \u201cbe in My House,\u201d which is the Temple, to pray on behalf of this nation when its vile deeds are deliberate?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At this juncture, He turns [from the prophet] towards the people, saying: You may think that by means of \u201csacral flesh,\u201d by means of the sacrifices you have brought in this House, that your sins will be forgiven. [He adds] by way of disdain, that were it so, you would be able to \u201cexult while doing evil\u201d and would be at peace in spite of all your iniquities, and that is impossible.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moreover, when God quoted the people of Anathoth, Jeremiah\u2019s hometown, as telling him \u201cYou must not prophesy any more\u2026 or you will die by our hand\u201d (21), Shadal pointed out that this reflected their thoughts only and not their actual words, for otherwise how could Jeremiah have said earlier, \u201cI did not realize they plotted against me\u201d (19).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a> in Jeremiah chapter 1.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":69828,"alt":"","title":"Jer11-prayer","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer.png","width":1280,"height":1008,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-300x236.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":236,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-768x605.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":605,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-1024x806.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":806,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer.png","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":1008,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer.png","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1008,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-1200x945.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":945,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-533x420.png","home_baner-width":533,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Hey, Jeremiah: Don\u2019t Pray For This People!","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"But isn\u2019t that my job?","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":69828,"alt":"","title":"Jer11-prayer","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer.png","width":1280,"height":1008,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-300x236.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":236,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-768x605.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":605,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-1024x806.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":806,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer.png","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":1008,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer.png","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1008,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-1200x945.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":945,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jer11-prayer-533x420.png","home_baner-width":533,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"411","date":"20270328","wall_id":"411"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"395","name":"Covenant","old_id":"795"},{"term_id":"400","name":"Sin","old_id":"800"},{"term_id":"459","name":"Forgiveness","old_id":"859"},{"term_id":"506","name":"Prophecy","old_id":"906"}]},{"order":9,"id":"117471","color":"#f6edf6","size":"1","name":"The Tanakh Podcast-Jeremiah11 ","post_title":"The Tanakh Podcast-Jeremiah11","slug":"the-tanakh-podcast-jeremiah11","old_id":"117471","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33692,"post_title":"Alex Israel","slug":"33692-2","old_id":"33692","first_name":"Alex","last_name":"Israel","description":"Alex Israel teaches Tanakh at the Pardes Institute, Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi and Matan, Jerusalem. 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At the opening of Jeremiah chapter 11, God is again urging the people to \u201clisten to the words of this covenant\u201d so that \u201cyou will be My people and I will be your God (11:3-4).\u201d This proposal for a reciprocal relationship with God is reiterated over and over again to the Jewish people, in almost identical language throughout the Tanach, including: when God first speaks to Abraham in Genesis 17:7; again in Exodus 6:7 when God tells Moses how to introduce Him to the Jewish people; tehn in Leviticus 26:12 in the introduction to the \u201cTochechah<\/em>\u201d (admonitions to the Jewish people); multiple times in the book of Jeremiah (here and in 30:22 and 32:38) and again multiple times in the book of Ezekiel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God repeatedly invites and empowers us to have a relationship with Him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks about the difference between a contract and a covenant. A contract is a zero-sum game wherein something is being exchanged, someone ends up with all of one thing and the other with all of something else: money for goods; goods for power. It may be mutually beneficial but that\u2019s not the purpose of entering into a contract. The purpose is to further one\u2019s own interest. A contract is a transaction. A covenant, on the other hand, is a relationship in which individuals or parties \u201c<\/span>respecting the dignity and integrity of the other, come together in a bond of love and trust, to share their interests, sometimes even to share their lives, by pledging their faithfulness to one another, to do together what neither can achieve alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Sacks distinguishes two kinds of covenants. Covenants of fate arise from otherwise disparate people or communities facing a common threat. We see that play out in times of catastrophe, like in natural disasters that unify otherwise unconnected individuals and groups for a common purpose. The other type of covenant, what Rabbi Sacks calls a covenant of faith, is made between people who share a common dream, aspirations and ideals, rather than a common enemy. \u201cThey come together to create something new. They are defined not by what happens to them but by what they commit themselves to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

That is the covenant that God repeatedly invites us to be party to. \u201cBe My people and I your God\u201d is our covenant to create, in partnership with God, the people we are meant to be in the land in which we are intended to dwell.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":69821,"alt":"","title":"jer11-covenant","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"A Covenant of Fate, Or Of Faith?\u00a0","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"A recurring invitation for a relationship\u00a0","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":69821,"alt":"","title":"jer11-covenant","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer11-covenant-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"411","date":"20270328","wall_id":"411"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"375","name":"Faith","old_id":"775"},{"term_id":"395","name":"Covenant","old_id":"795"},{"term_id":"468","name":"Relationships","old_id":"868"}]},{"order":11,"id":"69791","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Jeremiah - A Social Hazard\u00a0 ","post_title":"Jeremiah - A Social Hazard\u00a0","slug":"jeremiah-a-social-hazard","old_id":"69791","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38552,"post_title":"Benny Lau","slug":"benny-lau","old_id":"38552","first_name":"Benny","last_name":"Lau ","description":"Rav Benny Lau is the founder and co-head of the Israeli initiative 929 along with Gal Gabbai. 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Jeremiah roams the streets of Jerusalem, inundated by frustrating prophecies. In his early days as a prophet, as a young man in his twenties, he would accost people on the street and curse them and in the end they would come to perhaps write him off and go on their way. As the years pass, however, and Josiah's national project of repentance takes hold, Jeremiah's audience comes to despise him. He claims that the sages do not teach Torah, that the priests do not seek God's presence, that the prophets prophesy falsely, and that all shall perish by a vengeful sword \u2014 even as the king is purifying the land and serving the God of Israel faithfully and fearfully. Jeremiah's words are therefore most outrageous.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The people of Judah mock Jeremiah as Jacob's sons mocked Joseph. This is the golden age of Josiah's reign, secure and prosperous, and Jeremiah has the nerve to threaten them with ominous warnings of destruction! In their eyes, he is only stirring up trouble. Throughout Scripture, prophets are known as social hazards. Army officers refer to Elisha's apprentice as \"that crazy person\" (II Kings 9:11); Hosea states, \"fool is the prophet; mad is the man of letters\" (Hos. 9:7). Yet the prophet does not usually risk his life. In the Book of Amos, we read the well-known warning of the King of Israel: \"Get thee out, seer; flee to the land of Judah...and prophesy there\" (Amos 7:12).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah, though, is threatened by the residents of his hometown. The people of Anathoth dislike the commotion he is causing. They are solid, salt-of-the-earth men, far from politics and the Temple. Suddenly, they find themselves in the spotlight, for a young prophet from their village is wandering the corridors of the capital, taunting and riling up its inhabitants. The people of Anathoth conspire to put an end to Jeremiah's prophecies and, if necessary, his life: \"Let us devise a plan.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah's prophecies render him a loner, an outcast, hated, scorned, and scoffed at by all. He begins to curse those who mock him, assuming a posture of violent self-defense. It is painful to read these curses when recalling the great love he expressed for God's people just a few chapters earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jeremiah begins to reveal himself as a prophet who explodes with rage whenever he catches sight of falsehood. He acquires a reputation as a disturber of the peace, one who threatens to dissipate the joy that envelops the king and his people as they embark upon their reformation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Lau, Binyamin. <\/span>Jeremiah: The Fate of a Prophet<\/span><\/em>. 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11:15 \u201cWhy is My beloved in My house when she carried out her schemes? The many, despite sacral flesh, shall pass on from you. For in your evil you then exult.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The two lines of poetry that constitute this verse swarm with difficulties, and the text is almost certainly corrupt, so any translation is conjectural. As S.D. Luzatto, the eighteenth-century Italian Hebrew commentator wrote, \u201cThere are many interpretations of this text, and they are all strained and unlikely.\u201d What can be said with confidence is that the \u201chouse\u201d is the Temple, and the \u201cbeloved\u201d is Israel. But \u201cbeloved\u201d is masculine, whereas the rest of the line and the next line use feminine singular form.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. By permission of the author.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cSpeaking Truth to Power\u201d<\/a> by Bennett Decker: Biblical examples of standing up to authority.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cHow the prophets interpreted the Exodus for their generation\u201d <\/a>by Beni Romm: Explore the reception history of the Exodus.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Source Sheets - Jeremiah 11","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"411","date":"20270328","wall_id":"411"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":15,"id":"69787","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Points to Ponder - Jeremiah 11 ","post_title":"Points to Ponder - Jeremiah 11","slug":"points-to-ponder-jeremiah-11","old_id":"69787","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38102,"post_title":"929-English","slug":"929-english","old_id":"38102","first_name":"","last_name":"929-English","description":"","short_description":"","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38333,"alt":"","title":"\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","width":1513,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-300x171.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-768x437.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1024x582.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","1536x1536-width":1513,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","2048x2048-width":1513,"2048x2048-height":860,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1200x682.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-739x420.png","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"411","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"","post_main_content_content":"

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  1. The Covenant is in the headlines<\/em>. In the days of Jeremiah \u201cthe covenant\u201d is not history - but current events. In 621 BCE, King Josiah renewed the covenant between the people and God, and enacted sweeping cultic reforms. (We read about this 80 chapters ago in 2 Kings 22-23). What\u2019s the connection between the prophecy here regarding the covenant, and the mission of the prophet, to the realia of the days of Jeremiah? On the one hand, the prophecy speaks explicitly about an ancient covenant, from the days of the Exodus from Egypt. On the other, it makes sense that there is also a direct connection between the contemporary royal initiatives, and the prophet;s pronouncements. But what\u2019s the connection, and what\u2019s the overall message? Food for thought - and for study.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Regards from Deuteronomy<\/em>. The speech in verses 1-8 is reminiscent of phrasings from the book of Deuteronomy. Such as \u201ccursed be the man\u2026\u201d and \u201cthe iron crucible\u201d as a term referring to Egypt.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. \u201cWhy should My beloved be in My House?\u201d<\/em> This question in verse 15 is the essence of the problematic relationship between the people and God. There is a foundation of a loving relationship, there\u2019s a House, i.e., the Temple, and there is visitation there. But the visits are not wanted. God asks the lover: What are you doing here? And clarifies to the people: If your deeds are undesirable - so is your presence in the Temple.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Like sheep to the slaughter<\/em>. That\u2019s how Jeremiah defines his experience in the face of the enemy. How is he similar to a sheep? In his innocence, and lack of awareness of the evil intentions towards him: \u201cFor I was like a docile lamb Led to the slaughter; I did not realize That it was against me They fashioned their plots: \u201cLet us destroy the tree with its fruit, Let us cut him off from the land of the living. That his name be remembered no more!\u201d (verse 19).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. The people of Anathoth<\/em>. It is actually the people of Jeremiah\u2019s birthplace, the citizens of Anathoth, who are the ones pursuing and persecuting him, and trying to silence his prophecy. From the severity of his response to them (his desire for revenge), we can sense the depth of his hurt. <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Jeremiah 11","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Jeremiah","chapter":"11","chapter_main_number":"411","date":"20270328","wall_id":"411"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/69566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}