Jeremiah 11 & 12

To fully appreciate what’s here, we need perspectiveIf we take an aerial view and rise high enough,– we’ll discover in Jeremiah themes and sayings from Deuteronomy• both use the metaphors of a circumcised heart and an iron furnace• both lay great emphasis on God’s covenant with IsraelThe LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our fathers did the LORD make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today (Deut. 5:2-3)◦ it turns out, Deuteronomy is laid out in a covenant format