Hebrews 8:8-13
International Standard Version
8 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.
9 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13 In speaking of a “new” covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Hebrews 8:8 Lit. he
- Hebrews 8:8 Lit. with them
- Hebrews 8:8 MT source citation reads Lord
- Hebrews 8:9 MT source citation reads Lord
- Hebrews 8:10 MT source citation reads Lord
- Hebrews 8:11 MT source citation reads Lord
- Hebrews 8:12 Cf. Jer 31:31-34
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