2. this covenant--alluding to the book of the law
(De 31:26)
found in the temple by Hilkiah the high priest, five years after
Jeremiah's call to the prophetic office
(2Ki 22:8-23:25).
Hear ye--Others besides Jeremiah were to promulgate God's will to
the people; it was the duty of the priests to read the law to them
(Mal 2:7).
JFB.
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