But finding fault with his people,[a] he says:[b]

See, 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 the hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,
because they did not continue in my covenant.
10 For 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 or sister, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know me,
from the least to the greatest of them.(B)
12 For I will forgive their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.[d][e] (C)

13 By saying a new covenant, he has declared that the first is obsolete. And what is obsolete and growing old is about to pass away.(D)

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Footnotes

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

but God[a] found something wrong with his people[b] when he said,

“Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord,[c]
    when I will establish a new covenant
        with the house of Israel
        and with the house of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time
    when I took them by the hand
        and brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant,
    I ignored them, declares the Lord.[d]
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord:[e]
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.
11 Never again will everyone teach his neighbor
    or his brother by saying, ‘Know the Lord,’[f]
because all of them will know me,
    from the least important to the most important.
12 For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds,
    and I will never again remember their sins.”[g]

13 In speaking of a “new” covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:8 Lit. he
  2. Hebrews 8:8 Lit. with them
  3. Hebrews 8:8 MT source citation reads Lord
  4. Hebrews 8:9 MT source citation reads Lord
  5. Hebrews 8:10 MT source citation reads Lord
  6. Hebrews 8:11 MT source citation reads Lord
  7. Hebrews 8:12 Cf. Jer 31:31-34