and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Cursed is the man who does not hear the words of this covenant
Thus says Yahweh, “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from Yahweh.
Then they will say, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped other gods and served them.’ ”
not like the covenant which I cut with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, but I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh.
“Cursed be the one who does the work of Yahweh with a slack hand, And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.
‘Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’