Thus it was that "in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem" the message of Jeremiah to Judah was, "Hear ye the words of this covenant,"--the plain precepts of Jehovah as recorded in the Sacred Scriptures,--"and do them." Jeremiah 11:6. And this is the message he proclaimed as he stood in the temple courts in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim.

Jeremias skulle råbe "i Judas byer og på Jerusalems gader: Hør denne pagts ord" Herrens tydelige forskrifter, som var nedtegnet i den hellige skrift "og hold dem!" Jer. 11,6. Og det var dette budskab, som han forkyndte, da han stod i templets forgårde ved begyndelsen af Jojakims regering.