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Jeremiah 11 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Jeremiah 11 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ H8085 9 hear, tell
רַע raʻ H7451 8 bad, evil
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 7 Jehudah
דָּבָר dâbâr H1697 7 word, matter
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth H1285 5 compact
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 5 Jerushalaim, Jerushalem
אָב ʼâb H1 5 father

How preachers through history handled this text

16 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 13 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“21. Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: 21. Propterea sic dicit Jehova ad viros Anathoth, qui qumrunt anitaare tuam, dieendo, Ne prophetes in horninc Jehow, et non morieris in manu nostra, (hoc est, ne moriaris manu nostra) 22. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: 22. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 2, on Jeremiah 11:21–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Jer 11:12
  • Anathoth — Jer 11:21
  • Egypt — Jer 11:4

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