6. Then the Lord said to me: Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the words of this covenant and obey them.
7. I warned your ancestors unceasingly from the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt even to this day: obey my voice.
8. But they did not listen or obey. They each walked in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, till I brought upon them all the threats of this covenant which they had failed to observe as I commanded them.
9. A conspiracy has been found, the Lord said to me, among the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
10. They have returned to the crimes of their ancestors who refused to obey my words. They also have followed and served other gods; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.