1 These are the words that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah:
2 “Listen to the words of this agreement. Tell the people of Judah about it. Tell it to those living in Jerusalem.
3 Tell them this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Trouble will come to anyone who does not obey this agreement.
4 I am talking about the agreement I made with your ancestors. I made it with them when I brought them out of Egypt. Egypt was like a furnace for melting iron!’ I told them, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you. If you do this, you will be my people. And I will be your God.