Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 11:1

"The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying," — Jeremiah 11:1 (ASV)

The word that came to Jeremiah. —The words indicate that we are entering on a distinct message or discourse, which probably goes on to the end of Jeremiah 12. No date is given, and we are driven to infer it from the internal evidence of the message itself. This points to an early period of Jeremiah’s work, probably in the reign of Josiah. The invasion of the Chaldeans is not as near as in the preceding chapter. Jeremiah is still residing at Anathoth (Jeremiah 11:21). By some critics, however, it is referred to the reign of Jehoiachin.