1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2. “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
3. and say to them, the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Cursed is the man who doesn’t hear the words of this covenant,
4. which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace,’ saying, ‘Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you; so you shall be my people, and I will be your God;
5. that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is today.”Then answered I, and said, “Amen, Lord.”
6. The Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.
7. For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, “Obey my voice.”
8. Yet they didn’t obey, nor turn their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn’t do them.’”
9. The Lord said to me, “A conspiracy is found amongst the men of Judah, and amongst the inhabitants of Jerusalem.