"One thing I did command them: Listen to MY voice and I will be your GOD and you will be MY people. Walk in the way I command you and all will be well with you. But they did not listen and paid no attention. They followed the bad habits of their stubborn heart and turned away from ME.
From the time I brought their ancestors out of Egypt until this day I have continually sent them MY servants, the prophets; but this stiff-necked people did not listen. They paid no attention and were worse than their ancestors.
You may say all these things to them but they will not listen. You will call them but they will not answer. This is a nation that did not obey YAHWEH and refused to be disciplined. Truth has perished and is no longer heard from their lips." - Jeremiah 7:23-28
(Jeremiah repeats the warnings of Deuteronomy. This book had just been discovered [2 Kings 22]. The chosen people will have peace if they listen to the word of their GOD. In the same way we also must go beyond our religious practices and listen to the LORD.)
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