forecast in Deuteronomy 29 and 30. What Moses promised, the prophets reinforced, actively proclaiming a message that preceded them by hundreds of years—the choice of life or death, blessing or cursing (Deut 30:11–20). The Mosaic covenant was not the only covenant to anchor prophetic messages. The oracles of salvation were anchored in the promises of the unilateral covenants; the unconditional blessings of the Abrahamic, Davidic, and new covenants are acknowledged by the prophets as the basis for
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