^12 (A)And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,

¹⁴ But this I confess to you, that according to ^(A)the Way, which they call ^(B)a sect, ^(C)I worship ^(D)the God of our fathers, believing everything ^(E)laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

Jehoiada's Reforms

¹⁶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord's people.

¹⁰ Now ^(A)it is in my heart ^(B)to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

Circumcise Your Heart

¹² “And now, Israel, ^(A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but ^(B)to fear the Lord your God, ^(C)to walk in all his ways, ^(D)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

⁵ and this, not as we expected, but they ^(A)gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

^5 (A)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, ^(B)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an ^(C)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

^12 (A)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, ^(B)and I will hear you. ^13 (C)You will seek me and find me, when you seek me ^(D)with all your heart.

²⁹ join with their brothers, their nobles, ^(A)and enter into a curse and an oath ^(B)to walk in God's Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.

^38 [a] “Because of all this ^(A)we make a firm covenant in writing; on ^(B)the sealed document are the names of^[b] our princes, our Levites, and our priests.