The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. ] Here seems to begin a new prophecy; but when it was, and under what reign, and what time between this and the former, is not known; however, it was from the Lord, and so to be regarded.
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
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You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
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which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
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This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
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