The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: desolate.
JER 11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying,
JER 11:2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of
Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
JER 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel;
Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
JER 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my
voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be
my people, and I will be your God:
JER 11:5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your
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