Add parallel Print Page Options

10 For the mountains may depart
    and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
    and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,
    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.(A)

Read full chapter

10 Though the mountains be shaken(A)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(B) for you will not be shaken(C)
    nor my covenant(D) of peace(E) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion(F) on you.

Read full chapter

33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.(A)
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.(B)

Read full chapter

33 but I will not take my love from him,(A)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.(B)

Read full chapter

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
    though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,(A)

Read full chapter

Therefore we will not fear,(A) though the earth give way(B)
    and the mountains fall(C) into the heart of the sea,(D)

Read full chapter

but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us(A) even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved—

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2.5 Other ancient authorities read in Christ

But because of his great love for us,(A) God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions(B)—it is by grace you have been saved.(C)

Read full chapter

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(A)

Read full chapter

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.(A)

Read full chapter

29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Read full chapter

29 for God’s gifts and his call(A) are irrevocable.(B)

Read full chapter

Lift up your eyes to the heavens
    and look at the earth beneath,
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment,
    and those who live on it will die like gnats,[a]
but my salvation will be forever,
    and my deliverance will never be ended.(A)

Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
    you people who have my teaching in your hearts;
do not fear the reproach of others,
    and do not be dismayed when they revile you.(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 51.6 Or in like manner

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(A)
    the earth will wear out like a garment(B)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(C) will last forever,(D)
    my righteousness will never fail.(E)

“Hear me, you who know what is right,(F)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:(G)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.(H)

Read full chapter

Incline your ear, and come to me;
    listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    my steadfast, sure love for David.(A)

Read full chapter

Give ear and come to me;
    listen,(A) that you may live.(B)
I will make an everlasting covenant(C) with you,
    my faithful love(D) promised to David.(E)

Read full chapter

My covenant with him was a covenant of life and well-being, which I gave him; this called for reverence, and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.(A)

Read full chapter

“My covenant was with him, a covenant(A) of life and peace,(B) and I gave them to him; this called for reverence(C) and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.

Read full chapter

In overflowing wrath for a moment
    I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,
    says the Lord, your Redeemer.(A)

Read full chapter

In a surge of anger(A)
    I hid(B) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(C)
    I will have compassion(D) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(E)

Read full chapter

Benediction

20 Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,(A) 21 make you complete in everything good[a] so that you may do his will, as he works among us[b] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever.[c] Amen.(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 13.21 Other ancient authorities read for every good work
  2. 13.21 Other ancient authorities read you
  3. 13.21 Other ancient authorities add and ever

Benediction and Final Greetings

20 Now may the God of peace,(A) who through the blood of the eternal covenant(B) brought back from the dead(C) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,(D) 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(E) and may he work in us(F) what is pleasing to him,(G) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(H)

Read full chapter

But Jesus[a] has now obtained a more excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on the basis of better promises.(A) For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one.(B)

God[b] finds fault with them when he says:

“The days are surely coming, says the Lord,
    when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
    and with the house of Judah,(C)
not like the covenant that I made with their ancestors
    on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt,
for they did not continue in my covenant,
    and so I had no concern for them, says the Lord.
10 This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
    after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.(D)
11 And they shall not teach one another
    or say to each other,[c] ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.(E)
12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
    and I will remember their sins[d] no more.”(F)

13 In speaking of a new covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and growing old will soon disappear.(G)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 8.6 Gk he
  2. 8.8 Gk He
  3. 8.11 Or teach each one their fellow-citizen and each one their sibling, saying
  4. 8.12 Other ancient authorities add and their lawless deeds

But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(A) of which he is mediator(B) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(C) But God found fault with the people and said[a]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(D)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors(E)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant(F) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(G)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(H)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(I)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.(J)[b](K)

13 By calling this covenant “new,”(L) he has made the first one obsolete;(M) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
  2. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

10 they shall not hunger or thirst,
    neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them down,
for he who has pity on them will lead them
    and by springs of water will guide them.(A)

Read full chapter

10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(A)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(B)
He who has compassion(C) on them will guide(D) them
    and lead them beside springs(E) of water.

Read full chapter