The Lord said to Jeremiah, hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. You shall say to them, says the Lord, the God of Israel, cursed be the man who does not heed the words of this covenant which I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, listen to my voice, and do all that I command you.

So shall you be me people, and I will be your God, that I may perform the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then I answered, so be it, Lord. The Lord said to me, proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem.

Hear the words of this covenant and do them. For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, obey my voice. Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart.

I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not. The Lord said to Jeremiah, there is revolt among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words.

They have gone after other gods to serve them, the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. Says the lord, Behold, I am bringing evil upon them which they cannot escape, though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble. For your gods have become as many as your cities, o Judah and as many as the street of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to shame, altars to burn incense to Baal.

Do not pray for these people, or lift a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble. What right has my beloved in my house, when she has done vile deeds?
Can vows and sacrificial flesh avert your doom?

Can you then exult?
The Lord once called you, a green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit, but with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed. The Lord of host who planted you has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil which the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, provoking me to anger by burning incense to Baal.

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