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 the Lord, saying,
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"Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
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and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: "Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant
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which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,'
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that I may establish the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them 'a land flowing with milk and honey,' as it is this day." ' " And I answered and said, "So be it, Lord."