²¹ “As^(B) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”

³⁷ Behold, I will ^(A)gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them ^(B)to dwell safely. ³⁸ They shall be ^(C)My people, and I will be their God; ³⁹ then I will ^(D)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. ⁴⁰ And ^(E)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but ^(F)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.

An Everlasting Covenant

⁶⁰ “Nevertheless I will ^(A)remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish ^(B)an everlasting covenant with you. ⁶¹ Then ^(C)you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for ^(D)daughters, ^(E)but not because of My covenant with you. ^62 (F)And I will establish My covenant with you. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, ⁶³ that you may ^(G)remember and be ashamed, ^(H)and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done,” says the Lord God.’ ”

^25 (A)“I will make a covenant of peace with them, and ^(B)cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they ^(C)will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. ²⁶ I will make them and the places all around ^(D)My hill ^(E)a blessing; and I will ^(F)cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be ^(G)showers of blessing.

²¹ “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely ^(A)I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; ²² and ^(B)I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and ^(C)one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. ^23 (D)They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but ^(E)I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

^24 (F)“David My servant shall be king over them, and ^(G)they shall all have one shepherd; ^(H)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. ^25 (I)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, ^(J)forever; and ^(K)My servant David shall be their prince forever. ²⁶ Moreover I will ^[a]make ^(L)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and ^(M)multiply them, and I will set My ^(N)sanctuary in their midst forevermore. ^27 (O)My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be ^(P)their God, and they shall be My people. ^28 (Q)The nations also will know that I, the Lord, ^(R)sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” ’ ”