1-3 The Lord God told me to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:I, the Lord, am warning you that I will put a curse on anyone who doesn't keep the agreement I made with Israel. So pay attention to what it says.
4 My commands haven't changed since I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, a nation that seemed like a blazing furnace where iron ore is melted. I told your ancestors that if they obeyed my commands, I would be their God, and they would be my people.
5 Then I did what I had promised and gave them this wonderful land, where you now live.“Yes, Lord,” I replied, “that's true.”
6 Then the Lord told me to say to everyone in the streets of Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah:Pay attention to the commands in my agreement with you.
7 Ever since I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, I have been telling your people to obey me. But you and your ancestors
8 have always been stubborn. You have refused to listen, and instead you have done whatever your sinful hearts have desired.You have not kept the agreement we made, so I will make you suffer every curse that goes with it.
9 The Lord said to me:Jeremiah, the people of Judah and Jerusalem are plotting against me.