“What then are we also to hear? "Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem." We are men of Judah because of Christ; for it is plain that our Lord "has arisen out of Judah," and if I establish, according to Scripture, that the name of Judah refers to Christ, then…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 9
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2Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
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1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
— Jeremiah 11:2 —
3And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
4Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: