As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
As for me, this (is) my covenent with them, saith the Lord; My Spirit that (is) upon thee. The covenant is with Christ, and with them only as united to Him (Hebrews 2:13). Yahweh addresses Messiah, the representative and ideal Israel. The literal and spiritual are His seed, to whom the promise is to be fulfilled (Psalms 22:30).
My Spirit ... shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed ... forever - (Jeremiah 31:31-37; Matthew 28:20).
Remarks: The reason why calamities are permitted to overtake the people of God is not want of power in 'the Lord's hand to save,' nor want of the will to give "ear" to their prayers; it is their own iniquities which separate between them and their God. Where 'the hands are defiled with iniquity,' and 'the lips speak lies, and mutter perversity,' and the heart 'conceiveth mischief' and 'bringeth forth iniquity,' how can good be looked for from God? With all the sinner's ingenuity, he but 'weaves the spider's web.' Such a 'web shall' never 'become a garment' to 'cover sinners themselves with.' Nay, just as there has been 'no justice in their goings,' so, in righteous retribution, justice is withheld from them in the day of their calamity. They are given up to unjust oppressors. Such has been the history of Israel. For ages they have been 'waiting for light, but behold obscurity.' As Moses foretold would be the penalty of their apostasy, 'they grope at noon-day as the blind gropeth in darkness.'