In this message we will consider Jeremiah 11 through 13. These chapters are concerned with Israel's breaking of the covenant. We have already covered this matter somewhat, but here Jeremiah gives us a fuller picture of the breaking of the covenant.
The covenant of Jehovah with Israel was made in the day that Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt to Mount Sinai (11:4, 7; Exo. 24:3-8; Heb. 9:18-20). Regarding this covenant, in Jeremiah 11:3 and 4 Jehovah says, "Cursed is the man who does not listen to the words of this covenant, which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to My voice and do the things according to all which I command you; and you will be My people and I will be your God."
The covenant of Jehovah with Israel, called the first covenant and also the old covenant, was the covenant of the law of the Ten Commandments.