QUESTION: What are the “old paths” as mentioned in Jeremiah 6:16?

ANSWER: Judah had forsaken the God of their fathers and gone after false gods (Jeremiah 2:28). Jeremiah 6:16 is a call for Judah to return to Jehovah and abide by His will, the “old paths.” “But they said, we will not walk therein” (vs.16). As a result, Jerusalem was overthrown (Jeremiah 38:28) and Judah was carried into Babylonian captivity. Certainly, the lesson in this for us today is that we must walk in the “old paths” as set forth in the New Testament of Jesus Christ in order to be pleasing to God, turning neither to the right or the left!