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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The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, {saying},
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"Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the {people} of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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and say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: "The man is cursed who does not obey the words of this covenant,
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which I commanded your ancestors in the day of my bringing them from the land of Egypt, from the furnace of iron, {saying}, 'Listen to my voice and do according to all that I command you, {so will you be my people, and I will be your God}.'
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in order to keep the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as [it is] this day." '" Then I answered and said, "{Let it be so}, O Yahweh."
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