Jeremiah's final appeal invokes the fundamental logic of covenant theology: God's commitment to His own name and throne requires Him to honor His covenant with Israel and not utterly reject them despite their sin. The appeal to God not to disgrace His throne by abandoning His covenant suggests that God's reputation is bound up with His faithfulness to His people—if He abandons them without any possibility of restoration, He would be violating the covenant that defines His relationship to creation. This verse represents the deepest level of intercessory appeal: the prophet asks God not to destroy the people for God's own sake, because God's character as a covenant-keeper and faithful God is at stake. Theologically, this demonstrates that intercession at its highest level appeals not to the people's merits but to God's character and God's stakes in maintaining covenant relationship. The reference to the throne and covenant suggests that God's kingship and God's covenant are inseparable realities: a king who abandons his covenants is not truly king, and a covenant with no possibility of restoration is not truly a covenant. The verse ends with the prayer that God remember His covenant and not violate it, suggesting that even in judgment, the covenant relationship remains a living reality that imposes obligations on God to preserve at least a remnant. This verse represents the fullest flowering of intercessory theology in the Jeremiah passage, establishing that God's freedom and God's covenant obligation are held in tension, and that prophetic intercession appeals to this tension with the hope that God's covenant commitment will ultimately triumph over His justice.

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