1. The word that came from the Lord to Jeremiah, saying:
2. "Listen to the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
3. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed is the man who will not listen to the words of this covenant,
4. which I commanded to your fathers in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt, away from the iron furnace, saying: Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you, and then you will be my people and I will be your God.