“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
- KJV Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
- NKJV “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
- NASB “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
- NLT “Remind the people of Judah and Jerusalem about the terms of my covenant with them.
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Quick answer
God tells Jeremiah to proclaim 'the words of this covenant' to Judah and Jerusalem.
Overview
The 'covenant' refers to the law given through Moses at Sinai, which Judah had vowed to keep. By recalling it, God confronts the nation with the binding obligations they have ignored. The covenant relationship anticipates the new covenant God would later promise through this same prophet (Jeremiah 31:31-34), fulfilled in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Jer 11:6Then 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 carry them out.
- Exod 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- 2 Chr 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
- 2 Chr 34:31So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
- 2 Kgs 23:2–3And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
- Jer 34:13–16“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
- 2 Chr 23:16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
- 2 Kgs 11:17Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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