Add parallel Print Page Options

A New Covenant

31 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.(A) 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord.(B) 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(C) 34 No longer shall they teach one another or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.(D)

Read full chapter

31-32 “That’s right. The time is coming when I will make a brand-new covenant with Israel and Judah. It won’t be a repeat of the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant even though I did my part as their Master.” God’s Decree.

33-34 “This is the brand-new covenant that I will make with Israel when the time comes. I will put my law within them—write it on their hearts!—and be their God. And they will be my people. They will no longer go around setting up schools to teach each other about God. They’ll know me firsthand, the dull and the bright, the smart and the slow. I’ll wipe the slate clean for each of them. I’ll forget they ever sinned!” God’s Decree.

Read full chapter

La nouvelle alliance

31 Mais des jours viennent,
déclare l’Eternel,
où moi, je conclurai |avec le peuple d’Israël
et celui de Juda[a]
une alliance nouvelle[b].
32 Elle ne sera pas |comme celle que j’ai conclue |avec leurs pères
quand je les ai pris par la main
pour les faire sortir d’Egypte,
car cette alliance-là, |ils l’ont rompue,
alors que moi j’étais |leur suzerain,
l’Eternel le déclare.
33 Mais voici quelle alliance
je conclurai |avec le peuple d’Israël, |après ces jours,
déclare l’Eternel :
je placerai ma Loi |au plus profond d’eux-mêmes,
je la graverai sur leur cœur ;
moi, je serai leur Dieu,
eux, ils seront mon peuple.
34 Ils n’auront plus besoin |de s’enseigner l’un l’autre,
en répétant chacun |à son compagnon ou son frère :
« Il faut que tu connaisses l’Eternel ! »
Car tous me connaîtront,
des plus petits jusqu’aux plus grands,
l’Eternel le déclare,
car je pardonnerai leurs fautes,
je ne tiendrai plus compte |de leur péché.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 31.31 Les v. 31-34 sont cités en Hé 8.8-12 ; 10.15-17.
  2. 31.31 Voir Lc 22.20 ; 1 Co 11.25 ; 2 Co 3.6.