Thank you for your post cougar...I like your last point.
In 2 Chronicles 34:31,32,33, Sometime before this the Voice of Yahweh came to the prophet, reminding him of the implications of that covenant. 'Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of the covenant which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt. Obey My voice and do My commands that I may give you a land in which to live,' Yahweh declared. "And as Jeremiah heard these words, he confirmed them, saying: So be it' or, in Hebrew: 'Amen' (Jer 11:5).
This was the response that Israel was commanded to give when they heard the words of the Covenant. It meant that they were bound to them and would truly receive the blessings or the cursing’s there outlined according to whether they obeyed or disobeyed.
Jeremiah was told to take this message to the people. Like the Lord Jesus, nearly 700 years later, he commenced a tour of the cities of Judea (Jer 11: 6,7,8), warning the people that the very covenant they had entered into could destroy them unless they obeyed it in the letter and in the spirit. It was not a pleasant tour that he made. The people came to hate him for his straightforward talk. They did not want to hear of curses; they wanted only blessings. They were well satisfied with their ways, and manifested the greatest impatience at his criticism. The prophet told them that they were completely disloyal to Yahweh: 'According to the number of their cities have been your gods,' he declared (Jer 11:13).
And though the idols had been destroyed, the hearts of the people remained unchanged. So completely apostate had they become that Yahweh refused to hear any prayers on their behalf unless they changed their ways (Jer 11: 14). He reminded them that though Israel is likened to a 'good olive tree,' Yahweh would break off its branches and burn them (Jer 11:16) similar to language used by Paul in Romans 11:19.
In 2 Chronicles 34:31,32,33, Sometime before this the Voice of Yahweh came to the prophet, reminding him of the implications of that covenant. 'Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of the covenant which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt. Obey My voice and do My commands that I may give you a land in which to live,' Yahweh declared. "And as Jeremiah heard these words, he confirmed them, saying: So be it' or, in Hebrew: 'Amen' (Jer 11:5).
This was the response that Israel was commanded to give when they heard the words of the Covenant. It meant that they were bound to them and would truly receive the blessings or the cursing’s there outlined according to whether they obeyed or disobeyed.
Jeremiah was told to take this message to the people. Like the Lord Jesus, nearly 700 years later, he commenced a tour of the cities of Judea (Jer 11: 6,7,8), warning the people that the very covenant they had entered into could destroy them unless they obeyed it in the letter and in the spirit. It was not a pleasant tour that he made. The people came to hate him for his straightforward talk. They did not want to hear of curses; they wanted only blessings. They were well satisfied with their ways, and manifested the greatest impatience at his criticism. The prophet told them that they were completely disloyal to Yahweh: 'According to the number of their cities have been your gods,' he declared (Jer 11:13).
And though the idols had been destroyed, the hearts of the people remained unchanged. So completely apostate had they become that Yahweh refused to hear any prayers on their behalf unless they changed their ways (Jer 11: 14). He reminded them that though Israel is likened to a 'good olive tree,' Yahweh would break off its branches and burn them (Jer 11:16) similar to language used by Paul in Romans 11:19.
