“That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.”
The covenant promise of the land: 'But they did not obey or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought upon them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.' This verse indicates that the ancestors 'did not obey,' instead following 'the stubbornness of their evil hearts.' The consequence is that God 'brought upon them all the curses of the covenant.' Theologically, this verse establishes the pattern: covenant violation triggers covenant curses.
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