Again the Lord spoke to me and said, “I have discovered a conspiracy against me among the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh said to me, “A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- KJV And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- BSB And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
- NKJV And the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- NASB Then the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
God reveals a 'conspiracy' among the people of Judah and Jerusalem against Him.
Overview
The 'conspiracy' is their united, deliberate return to idolatry in violation of the covenant. Rather than isolated sin, it is a corporate, willful rebellion against the LORD. Such collective hardness shows why only God's gracious initiative, ultimately in Christ, can reconcile a rebellious people to Himself.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Hos 6:9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
- Matt 26:3–4Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
- Acts 23:12–15When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
- Mic 3:11Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
- Ezek 22:25–31There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made her widows many within it.
- Jer 6:13“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
- John 11:53So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
- Jer 8:10Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
- Matt 26:15and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
- Matt 21:38–39But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’
- Mic 7:2–3The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
- Zeph 3:1–4Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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