Tell them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let a curse be on the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
“Anyone who does not put the words of this law into practice is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”
This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind. He makes human flesh his strength, and his heart turns from the Lord.
They will answer, “Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed in worship to other gods and served them.” ’
The one who does the Lord’s business deceitfully is cursed, and the one who withholds his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt #– #my covenant that they broke even though I am their master’ , #– #the Lord’s declaration.