O God, I will offer you what I have promised; I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,

I will bring burnt offerings to your house; I will offer you what I promised.

I will give you what I said I would when I was in trouble.

Anyone, young or old, male or female, who did not worship him was to be put to death.

In a loud voice they took an oath in the LORD's name that they would keep the covenant, and then they shouted and blew trumpets.

do hereby join with our leaders in an oath, under penalty of a curse if we break it, that we will live according to God's Law, which God gave through his servant Moses; that we will obey all that the LORD, our Lord, commands us; and that we will keep all his laws and requirements.

So when you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible. He has no use for a fool. Do what you promise to do.

Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.

"You have also heard that people were told in the past, 'Do not break your promise, but do what you have vowed to the Lord to do.'

It was more than we could have hoped for! First they gave themselves to the Lord; and then, by God's will they gave themselves to us as well.

Go away from me, you sinful people. I will obey the commands of my God.

He stood by the royal column and made a covenant with the LORD to obey him, to keep his laws and commands with all his heart and soul, and to put into practice the demands attached to the covenant, as written in the book. And all the people promised to keep the covenant.