gCited from Jer. 31:31-34
mSee Ps. 102:26
Hebrews 7:18-19
18For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside abecause of its weakness and uselessness 19(for bthe law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, ca better hope is introduced, through which dwe draw near to God.Hebrews 8:7-13
7 eFor if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.8For he finds fault with them when he says: ▼
▼Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them
g“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah,
9not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
10 hFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and iwrite them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
11And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall jall know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
kand I will remember their sins no more.”
13In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And lwhat is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 12:27-28
27This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates mthe removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28Therefore let us be grateful for receiving na kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus olet us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
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