this covenant - alluding to the book of the law (Deu 31:26) found in the temple by Hilkiah the high priest, five years after Jeremiah’s call to the prophetic office (2 Kings 22:8-23:25).
Hear ye - Others besides Jeremiah were to promulgate God’s will to the people; it was the duty of the priests to read the law to them (Mal 2:7).