Jeremiah 31:27-40
English Standard Version Anglicised
27 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when (B)I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with (C)the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that (D)as I have watched over them (E)to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, (F)so I will watch over them (G)to build and to plant, declares the Lord. 29 In those days they shall no longer say:
(H)“‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.’
30 (I)But everyone shall die for his own sin. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
The New Covenant
31 (J)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make (K)a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when (L)I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, (M)though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 (N)But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: (O)I will put my law within them, and I will write it (P)on their hearts. (Q)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbour and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord’, (R)for they shall all know me, (S)from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For (T)I will forgive their iniquity, and (U)I will remember their sin no more.”
35 Thus says the Lord,
who (V)gives the sun for light by day
and (W)the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
(X)the Lord of hosts is his name:
36 (Y)“If this fixed order departs
from before me, declares the Lord,
then shall the offspring of Israel cease
from being a nation before me for ever.”
37 Thus says the Lord:
“If the heavens above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
(Z)then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
for all that they have done,
declares the Lord.”
38 (AA)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord (AB)from the Tower of Hananel to (AC)the Corner Gate. 39 (AD)And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. 40 (AE)The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the (AF)brook Kidron, to the corner of (AG)the Horse Gate towards the east, (AH)shall be sacred to the Lord. (AI)It shall not be uprooted or overthrown any more for ever.”
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