But finding fault with His people,[a] He says:[b]

Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah—
not like the covenant
that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by their hands
to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
I disregarded them, says the Lord,
because they did not continue in My covenant.
10 But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.(A)
11 And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,[c]
and each his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know Me,
from the least to the greatest of them.(B)
12 For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.[d](C)[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:8 Lit with them
  2. Hebrews 8:8 Other mss read finding fault, He says to them
  3. Hebrews 8:11 Other mss read neighbor
  4. Hebrews 8:12 Other mss add and their lawless deeds
  5. Hebrews 8:12 Jr 31:31-34

16 This is the covenant I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws on their hearts
and write them on their minds,

17 He adds:

I will never again remember
their sins and their lawless acts.(A)[a]

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