afCited from Jer. 31:31-34
Jeremiah 31:31-34
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. 34And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ ifor they shall all know me, jfrom the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For kI will forgive their iniquity, and lI will remember their sin no more.”Ezekiel 37:24-28
24“My servant mDavid nshall be king over them, and they shall all have oone shepherd. pThey shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 qThey shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there rforever, and David my servant shall be their prince sforever. 26 tI will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be uan everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land ▼▼Hebrew lacks in their land
and wmultiply them, and will xset my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 yMy dwelling place shall be with them, zand I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28Then aathe nations will know that abI am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when acmy sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” Hebrews 8:7-12
7 adFor 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
af“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 agFor 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 ahwrite 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 aiall know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
ajand I will remember their sins no more.”
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