nCited from Jer. 31:31-34
Jeremiah 31:31-33
The New Covenant
31 a“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make ba new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when cI took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, dthough I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 eFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: fI will put my law within them, and I will write it gon their hearts. hAnd I will be their God, and they shall be my people.Hebrews 8:6
6But as it is, Christ ▼▼Greek he
has obtained a ministry that is jas much more excellent than the old as kthe covenant lhe mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. Hebrews 8:8-9
8For he finds fault with them when he says: ▼▼Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them
n“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.
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